New Delhi, Feb 14: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are among the 30 star campaigners for Manipur assembly elections, the Congress announced in a list on Monday. Kanhaiya Kumar, who recently joined Congress, is also in the list which has other prominent leaders from the state including former chief minister O. Ibobi Singh, and Congress in charge of Manipur Bhakta Charan Das. The two-phase assembly election in Manipur will be held on February 28 and March 5. Congress has formed an alliance called Progressive Secular Alliance (MPSA) with like-minded parties such as CPI, CPM, Forward Block, RSP, and JD(S). Congress has promised 50,000 new jobs for the youth annually, one-third reservation for women in all government jobs and repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) among other things in its manifesto.
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