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BJP team from Manipur electioneering in Assam

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bjpImphal:  The BJP’s Manipur unit is helping the party in its election campaign in Assam by canvassing the Manipuri settlers in the neighbouring state.

Several BJP leaders led by the president of the party’s Manipur unit Thounaojam Chaoba Singh are touring the Manipuri-inhabited areas of Assam, to help their party wrest power from the Congress in the forthcoming election.

N. Mangi, one such leader from Manipur, told IANS that the Manipuri settlers welcomed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team everywhere because they have been neglected by the Congress government for decades.

Jobs and other reservations meant for the Manipuris were usurped by candidates of other communities, he said.

Angry with their deprivation and exploitation, the Manipuris wanted a change in the political climate, said Mangi who was for long with the Communist Party of India (CPI) before joining the BJP.

“We are confident that our party will win the seats in these Manipuri-dominated constituencies.”

Manipuris had settled in many parts in Assam centuries ago.

Legend has it that if a Manipuri princess was married to a prince in Assam, thousands of villagers would be decreed to go and settle near her marital home, so that she did not feel lonely.

A.R. Khan is a retired bureaucrat who became a member of the party in Manipur. He is also in the BJP team touring Assam.

The Muslim voters in Assam welcomed him and assured him of cooperation, Khan said.

In many constituencies the Muslim voters have considerable influence. They have relatives and emotional integration with the Muslims in Manipur who have long elected about 5-6 MLAs in the 60-member House.

Thounaojam Chaoba Singh said, “Our team will stay till the last minute of electioneering for the first date of polling”.

Assam will see polling on April 4 and 11, to elect 126 members of its assembly.

Meanwhile, Congress sources in Imphal told IANS that no such team has been sent by their party so far to Assam.

But then the party is faction-ridden.

At least 25 Congress MLAs out of 48 party legislators in the assembly are revolting. They demand dropping of the ministers in the Okram Ibobi Singh government and their induction instead.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi had met the two sides. Though one minister announced in a public meeting that there will be no reshuffle the dissidents told IANS that once the Holi festival is over they will make their presence felt.

However, other politicians including the BJP president in Manipur are very sceptical about the effectiveness of the dissidents in the state.

The poll outcome in Assam will have a direct bearing on the elections in Manipur which will be held in February 2017.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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