NPF names Kachui Timothy Zimik as candidate for Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat

The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has officially endorsed Kachui Timothy Zimik as the party’s designated candidate for the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.

The NPF’s ticket distribution ceremony for the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency is scheduled to take place on Thursday (March 21) at the party’s central office in Kohima, Nagaland.

Zimik, a retired Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, previously served as the principal chief commissioner of income tax in the union ministry of finance (revenue).

Notably, the CPI has named Laishram Sotinkumar Singh as its candidate in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency.

A resident of the Khurai area in Imphal East district, Sotinkumar is the Manipur unit general secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and former state secretary of the party.

The Congress and BJP have yet to finalize their candidates for the Inner Manipur Parliamentary seat. Reports suggest that the BJP is pressuring CM N. Biren Singh to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Inner Manipur, while the Congress is considering Prof. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam for the same position.

On the other hand, the Congress has announced its candidate for the Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency as former MLA Alfred Kanngam Arthur, who has already begun his campaign a few days ago.

Manipur comprises two Lok Sabha constituencies: the Inner Manipur constituency, encompassing the Meitei-majority valley areas, and the Outer Manipur constituency, designated for Scheduled Tribes (ST).

The Lok Sabha elections in Manipur will be conducted in two phases, with the Inner Manipur seat scheduled for polling on April 19, while voters in the Outer Manipur constituency will cast their votes on April 19 and 26.