Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Riding on their poll plank of development and improved connectivity in the state in the last five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will try to retain the power in Manipur while the Congress-led alliance is seeking to wrest the state from the BJP and is hoping for a favourable verdict as the countdown begins for the counting of votes polled in the 2022 Assembly elections. India News | Manipur Battlefield: BJP Confident of Retaining Power; Congress Too Hopeful of Favourable Verdict.