"Doing a formality.. should have gone earlier": Congress' Ashok Gehlot on PM Modi's visit to Manipur

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 12 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur is just a formality.
Gehlot said the PM should have visited earlier, suggesting that an earlier visit might have helped restore peace.
Speaking to the reporters, Ashok Gehlot said, "PM Modi is doing a formality. He is going for 4 hours. He should have gone earlier...I even asked Union HM Amit Shah why he is not able to make him understand? ...Maybe if he had gone earlier, peace would have been established sooner..."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting five states, namely Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar from 13th to 15th September (Saturday to Monday), to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth Rs 71,850 crore, according to the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Prime Minister will visit Mizoram and lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 9,000 crore at Aizawl, at around 10 AM. He will also address a public function, according to the statement.
While in Manipur, he will lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 7,300 crore at Churachandpur at around 12:30 PM. He will also address the gathering on the occasion. Further, he will inaugurate various projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore at Imphal, at around 2:30 PM and address a public function.
The Prime Minister will thereafter visit Assam and participate in the celebrations of the 100th birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati, at around 5 PM. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.
On 14th September, PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of major infrastructure and industrial development projects worth over Rs 18,530 crore in Assam. He will lay the foundation stone of various projects at Darrang, at around 11 AM and address a public function. Thereafter, he will inaugurate Assam Bio-ethanol Private Limited, Numaligarh Refinery Plant at Golaghat, at around 1:45 PM. He will also lay the foundation stone of the Polypropylene Plant at Golaghat.
On September 15, PM Modi will visit West Bengal and inaugurate the 16th Combined Commanders' Conference-2025 in Kolkata, at around 9:30 AM. (ANI)