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Imphal, April 1,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Imphal on April 7 to campaign for the BJP in the state for the coming Lok Sabha polls, party sources said on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting both the Lok Sabha seats in the state. Benjamin Mate is contesting as BJP candidate in the outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency while Dr. RK Ranjan has been field for the Inner Parliamentary constituency.
A total of 1959429 will exercise their franchise in the state of Manipur to elect two MPs from the state. Altogether 19 candidates are in the fray for the two seat which election will be held in two phases. Voting of the Outer Constituencies will be held on April 11 while that of the inner constituency will be held on April 18.
This will be Modi’s second visit to the state ahead of the elections and party sources said that there were no prior plans for the April 7 trip.
Authorities have already beefed up security in and around the state capital.
