Samajwadi Party chief and Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Akhilesh Yadav on Monday requested the Speaker to allow his party to speak about the ongoing violence in Manipur.
As many as 156 people have been arrested and 56 FIR’s registered so far in connection with the violence and rioting at Haryana's Nuh district on Monday, officials said.
The curfew in Haryana's violence-hit Nuh district will be lifted for the movement of the public from 9 am to 1 PM on Sunday as part of the attempt to restore normalcy.
As illegal structures are being razed in the violence-hit Nuh from where stones were allegedly pelted on a religious procession during the clashes, Nuh Deputy Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata said that ban on the internet in the district will continue till the situation normalises.
"A train from here should go to every state where the BJP rules in the country to spread the message of peace. For example, Sikhs from here can teach how Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians live together in Bengal," the Minister said.
Haryana Police stopped a four-member CPI delegation from visiting violence-affected villages in Nuh district, citing prohibitions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that are in place in those villages and security concerns for the delegation
After a four-member delegation of the Communist Party of India (CPI) was stopped from entering Nuh district, MP Binoy Viswam slammed the police for preventing them to visit violence-hit areas in Haryana, adding that hooligans, goons and fascists are allowed to roam freely in the state.
District town planner Vinesh Kumar said that the commercial building of the "Sahara Family Restaurant" was constructed illegally. He said that it was the same building from where hooligans pelted stones on a religious procession.
Manipur police, in a press note issued on twitter, have said that reports of looting of arms and ammunition from different police stations and armouries in the valley districts only on August 5 were ‘misleading’.