As per the latest news from the assembly election, the Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has recently said in an interview that the congress party will win around 35-seats in the 60-member Assembly in the state.
Moreover, the news desk has said that around 30 percent of vote cast has been recorded in the first three hours of the voting today.
While talking to media after casting his vote today morning CM Okram Ibobi Singh said, “I am expecting that the Congress party would secure around 45 seats. But 35 is the minimum number we are winning.”
The state chief minister was seen casting his vote along with his legislator wife Landhoni Devi. He went to the polling station at around 7:30 am in Thoubal Aphokpam Lower Primary School in Khangabok constituency. Landhoni Devi is the sitting legislator from Khangabok.
Meanwhile, he has ruled the state two times as a chief minister of Manipur.
Further, talking to media, he said, “The voting percentage is likely to be over 80 per cent. People would come out despite the militants’ threat as it is a democratic exercise that comes after every five years and no one wants to miss it.”