Violence marred the first phase of polling in the Manipur Assembly election. Allegations of booth capturing forced the Election Commission to order repolling at New Keithelmanbi.
NEW DELHI: Taking up an interesting question relating to election litigation, the Supreme Court has stopped a Manipur MLA from drawing salary and allowances from the Assembly and barred him from voting while permitting him to participate in the debates in the House.
O Henry Singh was elected to the Assembly from Wangkhei constituency in 2017 elections on a Congress ticket. His closest contestant and BJP candidate Y Erabot Singh challenged his election before the Manipur HC. When the HC framed the questions of law, the Congress MLA resigned and his resignation was accepted by the Assembly. Later the HC set aside the elections of the Congress candidate and declared that Y Erabot Singh should be sworn in as MLA from Wangkhei.
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