The People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRAJA) is a political party in the Indian state of

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

. The party was founded in 2016 by Irom Sharmila, as a co-convener. The convener Erendro Leichombam has a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and is a former consultant with the UNDP. The party was launched after the ending of a hunger strike by Irom Sharmila on 9 August 2016, which had lasted for 16 years of fasting. The major aim of the party is to end the

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in the state of

. and Bring Clean Politics to the state of Manipur. In 2017, the party contested two Assembly constituencies of

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and Khangabok. Khangabok is the home constituency of Chief Minister

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. In the

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, the winner in Thoubal, Ibobi Singh, received 18,649 votes and Sharmilla received 90 votes, the fewest of the five candidates.

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