NDTV Exclusive With Inner-Manipur Congress Winner Bimol Akoijam
Despite trailing after the initial rounds of counting, Congress' Angomcha Bimol Akoijam won the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat after defeating BJP candidate and state Education Minister Thounaojam Basanta Kumar Singh by a margin of 1,09,801 votes. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he said, "I can sense people's genuine choice, I don't think I would have won against the ruling party otherwise, you cannot take the people of Manipur for granted".
