Mangmetong Yimlang Riongsanger Putu Menden denied authorising a forum that backed Imchatoba Imchen for the 28 Koridang by-election.
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DIMAPUR — The Mangmetong Yimlang Riongsanger Putu Menden (village council) has issued a clarification stating that it has neither authorised nor recognised the “so-called Yimlang Citizens’ Forum” which recently announced support for NPF Central Youth Wing president Imchatoba Imchen for the upcoming 28 Koridang by-election.
In a statement, the council declared that the press communiqué circulated in the media claiming that a general public meeting of the forum at Yimkong Salang had unanimously endorsed Imchen was not authorised by the Mangmetong Yimlang Riongsanger.
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“It is hereby notified that the perpetrator(s) of this press communiqué issued in the social media shall be pursued till the end by the Putu Menden,” it stated.
This development comes amid the emerging race for 28 Koridang by-election, necessitated by the demise of former MLA Imkong L Imchen on November 11, 2025.