In Manipur, BJP uses development plank to paper over other problems with govt
The Hindu
BJP settles leadership issue with endorsements in favour of CM Biren Singh from Shah, Nadda
The BJP is going into the Manipur elections with the slogan, “Hanna Hanna BJP, Henna Henna Chaokhatpa”, which roughly translates to “Again and again BJP - More and More Development” banking on the track record of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s government.
Elections in the State is scheduled for February 27.
The anti-Biren Singh camp in the party has been batting for an Assam model within the State, where incumbent Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal was replaced with Hemant Biswa Sarma after the BJP won the State for the second time. In the last 10 days, however, the party has tried to settle the question, with both Union Home Minister Amit Shah and its president J.P. Nadda endorsing the Chief Minister.
Works are under way to establish smart classrooms equipped with broadband connectivity in as many as 20,000 panchayat union primary schools and to establish hi-tech laboratories with similar Internet connectivity in 6,992 panchayat union primary schools across Tamil Nadu, the Director of Elementary Education (DEE) has informed the Madras High Court.