Shah pointed out the voters in UP had stepped out of the Hindu-Muslim matrix
Parties alleged that the drug menace, drug abuse had seen a huge increase during the Akali regime
He is a crowd puller and his whacky one liners such as thoko tali were hit among voters
Manipur today threw up a hung assembly with the ruling Congress bagging 28 of the 60 seats and the BJP making giant strides to muster 21. The Congress had won 42 seats in the 2012 assembly. The BJP, on the other hand, had no members in the outgoing House. Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who contested against Chief Minister Ibobi Singh, could secure only 90 votes and was relegated to the fourth position. After her dismal showing, Sharmila announced that she would quit politics but continue her fight against the controversial AFSPA in the state. The Naga Peoples Front (NPF) and the National People's Party (NPP) bagged four seats each. The Lokjanshakti Party and an Independent candidate won one seat each. In the 2012 assembly poll too LJP had won a seat. The Trinamool Congress bagged one seat. The party had won seven seats in the previous assembly polls. The Nationalist Congress Party which had bagged a seat in the previous assembly election, drew a blank this time. Ibo
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