Amit Shah arrives in Manipur to set tone for 2019 polls
Imphal, June 30: As part of the exercise to prepare strategy for the parliamentary elections next year, BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday arrived in the city. He will hold meetings with the BJP chief ministers of the northeastern states.
Shah is also scheduled to hold meetings with the party presidents of states in which the BJP is not in power. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources said the party is launching an all-out pre-election exercise to win all Lok Sabha seats in the Northeast.
All chief ministers, ministers and party functionaries are putting up in a three-star hotel in Imphal for holding the meetings round-the-clock.
Manipur unit BJP chief and Rajya Sabha MP K. Bhabananda said: "Amit Shah held talks with the leaders of every northeastern state, discussing how to win all Lok Sabha seats in all the eight states."
Both Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and Bhabananda met Shah.
Manipur has been organising the people through "Go to Hills" and "Go to Village" missions. Under these projects, selected persons are given various benefits, including free gas connections.
However, senior Congress leader and former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said: "All developmental projects had been started during the Congress rule of 15 years. All that the BJP-led government has done now is that it inaugurated those projects."
He said that a party which restricts the food habit of communities cannot find a permanent foothold in the Northeast. He recalled how some BJP functionaries had resigned in Meghalaya in protest against ban on cow-slaughter, and added that "beef is a part of culture of the people of the state".
Another senior Congress leader and former Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam said: "Despite all the eye dazzlings, BJP will be wiped out in the 2019 parliamentary elections."
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India beat SA by 135 runs in 4th T20I, clinch series 3-1
Johannesburg, Nov 15: India beat South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth and final T20 International to clinch series 3-1 here on Friday.
Opting to bat, India posted a massive 283 for 1, thanks to unbeaten centuries from Tilak Varma (120 not out off 47 balls) and Sanju Samson (109 not out off 56 balls), and then bowled South Africa out for 148 in 18.2 overs.
Tristan Stubbs top-scored for South Africa with 46 while David Miller contributed 36.
For India, pacer Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/20 while Varun Chakravarthy (2/42) and Axar Patel (2/6) got two wickets each.
Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi got a wicket each.
Brief Scores:
India: 283 for 1 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 109 not out, Tilak Varma 120 not out; Lutho Sipamla 1/58).
South Africa: 148 all out in 18.2 overs (Tristan Stubbs 46, David Miller 36; Arshdeep Singh 3/20).
