Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 20 (ANI): Hours after Manipur's caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh was elected as the chief minister again, Bharatiya Janata Party observers along with other party leaders on Sunday held a meeting to stake claim to form the government in the northeastern state.

Imphal (Manipur) [India], February 24 (ANI): Amid campaigning for assembly polls in Manipur, local residents have demanded greater involvement of women in state politics as women account for 52 per cent of the voters in the state but their involvement in electoral politics is dismally low.

Imphal Jan 30 PTI Angry BJP workers of Manipur on Sunday burnt effigies of Chief Minister N Biren Singh and the state unit president Sharda Devi as well as flags even as they ransacked local offices and shouted slogans against the ruling partys list of assembly poll candidates which featured defectors from the Congress ignoring many loyalistsSecurity was beefed up at all BJP offices throughout the state following the violence which erupted after the candidate list was announced official sources saidSeveral BJP leaders including those who were aspirants for party tickets but were left out to accommodate recent defectors also resigned from the primary membership of the partyAngry workers at Sagolband Kakching Moirang Keisamthong assembly constituencies burnt party flags pamphlets ransacked local offices and shouted slogans to show their dissentAt Thanga workers burnt effigies of the chief minister and the state BJP president after former Trinamool Cong MLA T Robindro who had won in 2017 elections but later joined the saffron party was selected to contest the pollsFormer minister Nimaichand Luwang and first-time aspirant Thangjam Arunkumar who had sought BJP tickets for Wangkhem and Wangkhei assembly segments respectively tendered their resignation from the primary membership of the party Thangjam later joined the JDUBJP activists claimed all members of Khangabok Mandal tendered mass resignation citing recent award of BJP ticket to a party newbie neglecting a leader who had sacrificed for BJP for almost two decades At Sagolband protesters berated the BJP leadership for giving a ticket to former Congress MLA RK Imo who had joined the party in November last year claiming their candidate and his workers who had been supporting the BJP for 10 years were overlookedMeanwhile SSB personnel in full riot gear and state security forces are maintaining vigil at the BJP head office Thambal Sanglen at the centre of Imphal townThe Bhartiya Janata Party which managed to form a government in 2017 despite having just 21 seats compared to Congresss 28 by joining hands with two local parties NPP and NPF says it is looking to win two-thirds of the seats in the elections to be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3It will be contesting all 60 seats as Naga Peoples Front NPF has fallen out with it while it has decided not to enter into any pre-poll alliance with the National Peoples Party NPP with which it also has an alliance in Meghalaya PTI COR JRC NN NN