After Goa, Manipur Congress' 'Loyalty Oath' In Temple, Mosque And Church
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The Congress candidates first visited Kangla Fort in Imphal to take the pledge of allegiance, then they visited a church, a temple, a mosque and then a temple again.
Congress candidates for the Manipur assembly election visited major religious places in the state today. Reason: a loyalty oath. The candidates first visited Kangla Fort in Imphal to take the pledge of allegiance, then they visited a church, a temple, a mosque and then a temple again.
The pledge of allegiance was headed by former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh along with party's state unit in-charge Bhakta Charan Das.
This comes weeks after Congress candidates for the Goa assembly election went through the same process.
Mr Ibobi Singh, while talking to media persons at Kangla Fort, said, Congress party believes in the secular fabric of the country, which is why the party decided to take pledge in all the major religious places of different communities in the state. The candidates took pledge that they will not defect to other political parties after they get elected from Congress party. They also took pledge that they will abide by the rules and regulations of the party.
