Floor leaders from the Opposition bloc — I.N.D.I.A — on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu on the Manipur situation, seeking her intervention in restoring normalcy to the strife-torn state.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the Opposition delegation, who visited violence-hit Manipur, and other floor leaders will apprise President Droupadi Murmu, who herself belongs to a tribal community, about the situation of strife-torn state.
The 21-member multi-party delegation of MPs from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, who concluded their fact-finding visit to the strife-torn state, will meet at the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s chamber in Parliament on Monday to brief the situation o
The 21-member multi-party delegation of MPs of the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) that was in Manipur over the weekend to assess the situation in the strife-torn state since May 3 returned to New Delhi on Sunday.
The 21-member delegation of the grand Opposition alliance, on Saturday, arrived on a two-day visit to the state, which has seen ethnic strife and violence since May 3.
Days after a video of alleged sexual violence in Manipur, purportedly showing two women being paraded naked, went viral, Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu on Sunday appealed to the Central government to intervene in the strife-torn state "with a right approach".
As the Monsoon session of Parliament, facing continuous disruptions over Manipur violence since it began, will reassemble on Monday, Congress MPs have given adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the strife-torn state.
On a day his cavalcade was stopped on the way to Churachandpur in strife-torn Manipur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the state, which has been racked by ethnic violence and clashes, needs healing and peace should be the only priority now.
Days, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited violence-hit Manipur and urged Meitei and Kuki communities, which have been at the centre of the ethnic strife in the state, to maintain peace, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday termed the clashes as 'unfortunate'.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur, National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.
Union health ministry deploys several teams of doctors to support Manipur's public health efforts with immediate effect to provide health facilities, that have been adversely impacted due to the ongoing strife in the state, an official statement said.