Who has the edge in Manipur battle? Why Modi, Shah, Rahul are making a beeline

Manipur will elect 60 MLAs as it goes to vote in 2 phases from 28 February to 5 March 2022. In Manipur Assembly Polls, the winner may be the one who is good at bringing disparate interests together. But with so many defections, it is hard to keep a track of which candidate came from which party and joined which one. It’s also not clear if those who are elected will stay true for the full term of the Assembly. In this edition of Poll Baazi, Hindustan Times Aditi Prasad with Senior Editors Chetan Chauhan, Utpal Parashar, CVoter Founder Yashwant Deshmukh and Prof Amar Yumnam, the former V-C of Manipur University decode why big leaders like PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi are making a beeline in the north-eastern state