The Centre and the BJP have a "tacit understanding" with

the UNC, the chief minister charged.

"Recently Union minister Prakash Javedekar had said that if the chief minister resigns and President's Rule is imposed, the economic blockade will be lifted in two days. This shows that UNC and BJP are hand in gloves with each other," he said.

Exuding confidence that the Congress will return to power with a thumping majority in the coming polls, the chief minister said BJP's "game plan" will fail in the elections.

On whether BJP was trying to topple the Manipur government by poaching on Congress MLAs, Singh said, "They will not succeed. You have seen what has happened in Uttarakhand, they did not succeed".

Meanwhile, Manipur State Congress President T N Haokip alleged that BJP had tried to poach 20 Congress MLAs but managed only five-six of them.

Polling for the 60-member Manipur Assembly will take place in two phases on March 4 and March 8.

In the last Assembly polls, the Congress had won 42 seats and Okram Ibobi Singh was re-elected the chief minister of the state.

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