Political parties, both ruling and Opposition, on Saturday welcomed the Manipur Assembly election schedule announced by the Election Commission of India (EC) and are confident of winning the polls to be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3.

The counting of votes will take place on March 10. Election Commission officials in Imphal said that similar to this year, the elections to the 60-member Manipur Assembly were held in two phases on March 4 and March 8 in 2017 and they are fully geared up to conduct the upcoming polls following the poll panel guidelines and COVID-19 protocols.

The leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main Opposition Congress, while welcoming the election schedule, have expressed confidence of victory. Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik, who is one of the elections in-charge of the BJP for Manipur, said that her party is fully ready for the polls and will win with a landslide victory.

“As the Election Commission imposed restrictions on the physical campaign, we would undertake a massive virtual campaign at the earliest. All the central leaders who are in-charge of Manipur are now in the State. We would discuss everything including the strategies with the State leaders and act accordingly,” Bhowmik said.

Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav, Assam’s Urban Development Minister Ashok Singhal and BJP’s central observer for Manipur and party’s national spokesman Sambit Patra are now in Imphal and they are discussing the next course of action with the State leaders, including Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

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