BJP Picks Manipur Education Minister For Lok Sabha Elections, Drops Union Minister

The announcement comes two days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh claimed that the BJP would win by a huge margin in the state.

The BJP on Tuesday nominated Manipur Education Minister Thounaojam Basantakumar Singh from the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, dropping sitting MP and Union minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh.

The contestant, aged 59, is the son of former Union minister Thounaojam Chaoba Singh.

The former IPS officer is now an MLA from the Nambol assembly constituency in Bishnupur district.