Bhartiya Janata Party announces 27 candidates for Manipur Assembly polls

BJP on Saturday announced 27 more party candidates for Manipur Assembly polls to be held in two phases on March 4 and 8.

It had earlier in its first list declared the names of 31 candidates.

The state assembly has 60 seats.

Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has headed a Congress government for the last 15 years and the saffron party has been making concerted bid to capture power in the state for the first time.