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.
Ahead of the INDIA alliance delegation's two-day visit to Manipur, AAP MP Sushil Gupta, who is also going to visit the violence-hit state said that the situation in Manipur is bad and the Government is neither able to control the violence nor do they want to discuss it in Parliament.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day on Friday, amid continued slogan-shouting from the Opposition benches over the demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation.