A 21-member delegation from the Opposition grand alliance — I.N.D.I.A — on Saturday arrived in Imphal as part of a two-day visit to violence-hit Manipur.
Even as the 21-member delegation of Opposition leaders was due to arrive shortly in Manipur, Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Saturday urged the visiting I.N.D.I.A leaders to contribute to the restoration of peace and order to the violence-hit Northeast.
Even as a delegation of Opposition leaders boarded a flight to Imphal for a two-day fact finding visit to Manipur, Union Minister Anurag Thakur came down heavily on the newly formed I.N.D.I.A bloc saying they never spoke up when the Northeast state burned during their rule.
Opposition members have been adamant on their demand for a discussion on Manipur and a statement from PM Modi on the prevailing state of affairs in the state since the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on July 20.
A 21-member delegation of the Opposition alliance, I.N.D.I.A, boarded a flight to Imphal on Saturday, saying their two-day visit to violence-hit Manipur will be aimed at assessing "the real situation on the ground".
A 21-member delegation from the grand Opposition alliance, I.N.D.I.A, is set to touch down at Imphal airport on Saturday for a two-visit to violence-hit Manipur.
Ahead of the opposition alliance, INDIA delegation's two-day visit to Manipur, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sushil Gupta said that the Central Government is neither able to control the violence nor do they want to discuss it in Parliament.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, after the meeting, while addressing a press conference said that the Chairman has suggested that this logjam should be ended through proper discussion.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear urgently today's plea of Dr Kham Khan Suan Hausing, Hyderabad University professor from Manipur, seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings initiated against him in which summons were also issued for his personal presence before a district co
Hitting out at the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. alliance, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parties "who used to hate each other" are now coming together "like a family."
The Centre on Thursday through its affidavit informed the Supreme Court that the approach of the Central government is of “zero tolerance towards any crimes against women” and apprised it that it has decided to transfer the case of the viral video of two women to the CBI.
However, a team of opposition MPs belonging to I.N.D.I.A is slated to visit Manipur on July 29 and 30 amid their demand for a detailed discussion in Parliament on the situation in the state, which has seen ethnic violence.