Launching BJP's campaign for the second phase of polling in Manipur, Prime Minister took a dig at the opposition Congress by reviving his jibe from the state's 2017 assembly elections.
While addressing a virtual poll rally, he said that when Congress was in power in the state their main leader was called "Mr 10 per cent". While PM Modi didn't directly name the leader, it is being seen as an oblique reference to allegations of corruption against three-time Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.
During the run-up to the previous assembly elections, the BJP had accused Mr Singh of pocketing 10 per cent from all government projects he approved. There were also allegations that only those who could pay large sums of money as bribes would get government jobs which amounted to favouring only the 10 per cent who could afford it.
Manipur is voting in two phases - the first concluded on February 28 and the second is on March 5 - as the elections are held for the 60-member state assembly. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
