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.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Friday said that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a strong leader but the new opposition alliance, INDIA doesn’t even have a face.
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.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote to Governor CV Ananda Bose seeking an investigation by a central agency into an alleged scam in the disbursement of a tender for the operation of a public grievance redressal campaign by the West Bengal government.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi who is also the part of the delegation, said that the leaders of the Opposition are going with ‘open mind’ and will try to work as per the suggestions that will be given to them.