On Sunday, some media outlets had reported that he might join another party and that a reception ceremony would also be held on Monday.
TFM Report
Amidst speculation that former minister and vice president of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee, Kh Ratankumar might jump ship and join another political party, he clarified on Monday that he has not resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party and that he had “gave up” the post of vice president from MPCC due to some “inconvenience” as he is fighting from the Mayang Imphal constituency in the upcoming election.
Interestingly, he was appointed as a working president of MPCC later in the evening. The All India Congress Committee general secretary KC Venugopal has issued a release confirming that AICC has approved for the same.
Addressing media persons in the afternoon at Congress Bhawan, Imphal, Kh Ratankumar maintained that Congress is his family. He also added that he has been working hard for the party and will continue to do so.
On Sunday, some media outlets had reported that he might join another party and that a reception ceremony would also be held on Monday.
Kh Ratankumar clarified that he had tendered his resignation from the posts of vice president, an election media committee and chairman of a sub-committee for COVID-19 of the party. The MPCC president has not approved my resignation, he added.
He further said that all the “misunderstandings” have been clarified after talking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bhakta Charan Das, Jairam Ramesh, O Ibobi and N Loken.
On the other hand, MPCC working president K Meghachandra informed that the committee for deciding the tickets is convening at present and the list of selected candidates would be sent to AICC for approval within two to three days. The list of Congress candidates for the first phase would be announced soon, he added.
He also said that the party would be sending a representation to the Election Commission of India to change the poll date of the first phase (February 27) as it falls on Sunday. He maintained that Sundays are important to the Christian community of the state as it is the day of worship.