: Manipur assembly polls: A newly formed Kuki party has just won both the seats it contested #IndiaNEWS Lost in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s triumph in the Manipur elections is a quieter victory. The

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Manipur assembly polls: A newly formed Kuki party has just won both the seats it contested #IndiaNEWS
Lost in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s triumph in the Manipur elections is a quieter victory. The Kuki People’s Alliance, a small party which was formally recognised just this January, has won both the seats it contested in the state.Chinlunthang, a 47-year-old lawyer, won from Singhat constituency in Churachandpur district. Kimneo Haokip Hangshing won from Saikul constituency in Kangpokpi district, becoming one of the five women legislators in the state assembly.“We, the two elected representatives, will be a springboard for the coming political direction for the Kuki people,� said Chinlunthang, who had contested the 2017 Manipur assembly elections on a BJP ticket and lost by a small margin. According to him, Kuki legislators who had won as candidates from other parties had failed to voice the concerns of the community.Wilson L Hangshing, a retired bureaucrat who became one of the founding members of the Kuki People’s Alliance, called the election victory a “historical event� because, after decades, the Kukis had their own party in the assembly. Despite the diktatA Kuki group called the Kuki National Assembly started life as a civil society organisation in the 1940s and eventually contested elections. After the 1990s, however, the party dwindled to nothing. Now, the Kuki People’s Alliance has been...Read more

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