Manipur chief minister Biren Singh on Friday led a contingent of state BJP leaders to New Delhi even as the time is inching closer for the saffron party to release its list of candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
According to sources, chief minister N Biren and works minister Thongam Bishwajit, BJP Manipur Pradesh secretary (Organization) Premananda Meetei have rushed to the national capital on Friday to attend a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary board to be held on Saturday to finalize the list of BJP candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
According to reports, the leaders left for New Delhi following a summon by the party’s national leadership to discuss and finalize the list of BJP candidates for Manipur.