Manipur gets first-ever Muslim woman candidate
Irom Sharmila-led PRJA party has fielded the first-ever Muslim woman candidate for Manipur, Najima Bibi, in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Najima is an active advocator for women's rights. Muslim clerics in her village have threatened to deny her a grave after death for contesting the elections. A fatwa was also issued against her in 2006, boycotting her from the society.