Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam

The Congress in Manipur has asked the state chief electoral officer and the police chief to provide security to the party's Inner Manipur candidate Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam after five-six unknown people came to his Imphal home and threatened him.

The BJP's candidate in Inner Manipur constituency has filed a complaint with the returning officer, seeking the cancellation of the Congress candidate's nomination over "substantial defects" in affidavits to the Election Commission.

Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, a professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is the Congress's candidate from Inner Manipur constituency, which will vote on April 19 in one phase. Dr Akoijam took the political plunge after a lifetime of teaching.

The Congress in Manipur has asked the state chief electoral officer and the police chief to provide security to the party's Inner Manipur candidate Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam after five-six unknown people came to his Imphal home and threatened him.

The BJP's candidate in Inner Manipur constituency has filed a complaint with the returning officer, seeking the cancellation of the Congress candidate's nomination over "substantial defects" in affidavits to the Election Commission.

Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, a professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is the Congress's candidate from Inner Manipur constituency, which will vote on April 19 in one phase. Dr Akoijam took the political plunge after a lifetime of teaching.