IMPHAL, June 27(AT) – The Congress party has emerged the single largest party in the six autonomous district councils (ADCs) of Manipur following the completion of the counting process to the recently conducted ADC polls.
ADC polls were held in two phases, after a gap of more than 20 years, despite opposition by Naga frontal organisations in Manipur. The Naga bodies in a meeting in Kohima had said that they will not recognise any council elected in the recent polls. Around 35 Congress candidates have won across the six ADCs, including 15 from Tamenglong alone.
Out of 24 DCCs in Chandel district, 12 were already declared 'elected unopposed'. In the remaining 12 DCCs, Congress candidates won eight seats while Independents won four. In Sadar Hills too, 12 seats were elected without going to polls. Independent candidates secured eight seats while Congress won in four seats.
Out of 24 DCCs, only 15 went to polls in Churachandpur district. Congress won six seats, Independents three and Trinamool Congress one. The other eight seats were won uncontested.
Out of six DCCs which went to polls in Senapati district, Independents and Congress won two seats each. Even as polling was conducted in the other two DCCs, both the DCCs recorded zero voter turn-out. While 12 DCCs were already wrested by lone candidates without going to polls, not a single candidate put up their names in six other DCCs.
In Ukhrul district, 20 DCCs were won unopposed. Of the remaining four DCCs, there was no candidate in two DCCs. The other two seats were shared between Congress and NCP. Four candidates won their respective DCCs uncontested in Tamenglong district. Congress won 13 of the remaining 20 seats while Independents wrested seven seats.
Newspapers fail to hit stands in Manipur
IMPHAL, June 27 – Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands today as the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union decided not to bring out the publications in the wake of pressures by militant outfits, official reports said.
A militant organisation, Kangleipak Communist Party -Military Council (KCP-MC), which split into two factions, had threatened media houses and journalists if their diktat was not obeyed.
While one faction said their statement should be published the other said media houses would be attacked if the statement was published, the reports said. In the course of the tussle between the two factions, the AMWJU decided not to publish the papers.
A spokesman of the AMWJU appealed to the militant outfits not to put pressure on newspapers regarding the issue of publishing statements and leave the decision on the editors.
Earlier, no newspaper hit the stands for two days – June 14 and 15 – in protest against the militant threat. – PTI
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