Manipur HC Calls NPF MP's Election 'Null And Void'
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24 September, 2022 11:12 am IST
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Manipur High Court declared Naga Peoples Front’s (NPF) present MP Lorho S Pfoze’s election to Lok Sabha “null and void” from Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 on Friday.
With immediate effect, Benjamin Mate of BJP was “duly elected” from the outer Manipur parliamentary constituency.
The petition filed by Benjamin Mate claimed that Lorho S Pfoze’s affidavit for the poll had defects. The petition was heard by the single bench of the High Court Justice MV Muralidaran.
The single-judge bench of the HC in its order said: "In view of the fact that there were eight candidates in the fray, the claim of the petitioner (Houlim Shokhopao @ Benjamin Mate) to declare him as elected member cannot be denied for the reason that among all the candidates contested, the petitioner secured highest votes after the first respondent (Lorho S Pfoze)."
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