Four Candidates File Nomination for Manipur Assembly By-poll
For by-elections to Yaiskul assembly seat in Imphal east district of Manipur, four candidates including Congress candidate E Suraj have filed their nomination papers.
According to reports, E Suraj (Congress), Hanjabam Jaydev (independent), Soubam Rajen (Janata Dal Secular) and Aribam Jagadish (independent) have filed their nomination papers.
By-election to the Yaiskul assembly constituency was necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA E Kunjakeshore who was the father of Suraj would be held on December 19 next.
Counting of votes would be taken up on December 23.
The by-election results would be significant to assess the popularity of the present Congress-led Secular Progressive Front ministry of chief minister Ibobi Singh in the wake of killing of a youth by police commandos in an alleged encounter on July 23 at Imphal market complex and the consequent spate of agitations.
