<p>Eight candidates are in the fray for Manipur’s second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug menace and stringent security law dominating the campaigns.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Around 874,000 voters, including 448,000 women electorate, are eligible to vote on Thursday to select one member to the lower house of parliament from among the eight candidates, including a woman, in the Inner Manipur constituency.<br /><br />Once ravaged by terrorism, Manipur still suffers from militancy, with the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, (AFSPA) being one of the big issues besides development of the state. <br /><br />“Withdrawal of the draconian law (AFSPA) is a big issue in Manipur. People wanted repeal of the Act,” political analyst Raj Kumar Tarunjit Singh told agencies.<br /></p>
<p>Eight candidates are in the fray for Manipur’s second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug menace and stringent security law dominating the campaigns.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Around 874,000 voters, including 448,000 women electorate, are eligible to vote on Thursday to select one member to the lower house of parliament from among the eight candidates, including a woman, in the Inner Manipur constituency.<br /><br />Once ravaged by terrorism, Manipur still suffers from militancy, with the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, (AFSPA) being one of the big issues besides development of the state. <br /><br />“Withdrawal of the draconian law (AFSPA) is a big issue in Manipur. People wanted repeal of the Act,” political analyst Raj Kumar Tarunjit Singh told agencies.<br /></p>
