Imphal, Feb. 27: For the second time in a fortnight, president of the BJP Manipur unit Thounaojam Chaoba Singh sought pardon from the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), which had passed a death sentence on him.
Chaoba Singh issued his first appeal on February 12 after the rebel group set February 15 as the deadline for the BJP to expel him from the party. The KYKL had accused the former Union minister of state for youth affairs and sports of being an agent of the Indian government.
In an advertisement published in all Imphal-based dailies today, the Lok Sabha MP said, ?Once again I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the KYKL to forgive and excuse me for the mistakes that I have committed in the past.?
The appeal, signed by Chaoba Singh himself, was issued after the KYKL did not react to his earlier appeals. The second appeal is being seen as a desperate attempt by the MP to resolve the impasse in view of the Lok Sabha elections. Chaoba Singh, who won the Inner seat in the 1999 parliamentary polls, has projected himself as the BJP candidate from the constituency.