IMPHAL, November 4: BJP candidate for Thongju Assembly Constituency Th Bishwajit filed his nomination paper for the bye election today at the office of the returning officer SDO Porompat.<\/p>\n
Bishwajit submitted two nominations at around 11:08am and 11:14am.<\/p>\n
Soon after the filing of nomination, BJP Manipur president Th Choaba who accompanied the candidate exuded confidence of Bishwajit\u2019s win in the November 21 bye-election.<\/p>\n
He elaborated, Bishwajit had emerged winner among five candidates from different political parties in the last election.<\/p>\n
The people of Thongju had defeated the Congress party then, he said.<\/p>\n
He continued this time the muscle and money power of the Congress will be unable to mislead the people of Thongju.<\/p>\n
BJP, he said is on a mission to eradicate corruption from the State and focus only on development.<\/p>\n
The 13 long years of the Congress has only resulted in widespread corruption, he added.<\/p>\n
There has been no development in the hill districts creating a large gap between the hills and the valley, he claimed.<\/p>\n
Candidate Bishwajit said the Congress has ruled the State for more than a decade however, there is no development in any field in the State.<\/p>\n
He said during his brief tenure as the MLA of Thongju for three years, he had utilised his MLA Local Area Development fund properly.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Bijoy Koijam who was the local MLA for more than 10 years has done nothing, he claimed.<\/p>\n
Bishwajit also said that he wants to be the first to open BJP account in the State by defeating the Congress.<\/p>\n
He was also accompanied bby BJP Manipur Pradesh general secretary (Administration) M Asnikumar, general secretary (Media) L Basanta Sharma and former minister Moirangthem Hemanta.<\/p>\n\n