BJP offered me ₹36cr to contest Manipur polls: Irom Sharmila
The iron lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila, has alleged that the BJP offered her a ticket and ₹36 crore to contest against CM Okram Ibobi Singh in the upcoming assembly elections in March. Sharmila, who ended her 16-year-long hunger strike in August 2016 and declared her entry into politics, claimed to have declined the offer to contest as an independent.