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Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhawan. Besides Chowdhury and Congress' Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, the delegation included Sushmita Dev (TMC), Mahua Maji (JMM), Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK), P P Mohammed Faizal (NCP), Chaudhary Jayant Singh (RLD), Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD), N K Premachandran (RSP) and T Thirumavalavan (VCK).

Indian Express if the government’s claim that the state was peaceful is true, what is the need to run relief camps that have come up over the past nearly three months. The opposition delegation of 21 MPs arrived in Manipur on Saturday to assess the ground situation and meet victims of the three-month ethnic riots in the state.

Opposition alliance, INDIA, met victims of ethnic violence in relief camps in Manipur. The MPS stated the Union government is not concerned about Manipur. The parliamentary delegations from 16 parties visited both the valley and hill districts and interacted with affected people of both communities. The delegation, in two teams, visited Churachandpur and Moirang. JDU leader Lalan Singh said: «We have come here to assess the situation with the message that we are with the people of Manipur. We appeal to all communities to stay like brothers. Manipur should come to peace and abjure violence.» Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, «We want the end of violence and the restoration of peace at the earliest. The entire world is watching what is going on in Manipur.» Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev said, «We would not meet Chief Minister (N. Biren Singh) as he is a villain to the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur. BJP and its governments are responsible for the Manipur crisis and loss of many lives and the mayhem. BJP is a lost face, Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is a lost face.»

Narendra Modi address the topic. “They are talking of investigation by CBI (into the crimes committed)... I would like to ask were they (central government) sleeping till now? We have several demands from the Governor, we want to conduct a survey and have discussions among ourselves before taking any call" said Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

alliance, I.N.D.I.A, is set to arrive at Imphal airport on Saturday to assess the ground situation. The two-day visit (29 and 30 July) follows a chorus from the Opposition members for a debate on the Manipur situation and a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has resulted in repeated disruptions and adjournments in both Houses of Parliament. As per the schedule, the delegation split into two teams, will reach the Imphal airport at noon on Saturday and will leave for Churachandpur, the epicentre of the ethnic violence in the state.

MPs will be from the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Speaking about the visit to Manipur, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We are going there not to raise political issues but to understand the pain of the people of Manipur. We have been appealing to the government to find a solution to the sensitive situation which has emerged in Manipur.

House is adjourned and there is time to kill: Acrobatics: Practise some political gymnastics before returning to the Big Top when session restarts. From flip-flopping on important issues to executing gravity-defying U-turns, practice makes it perfect. Mime: As seasoned experts in expressing their views without actually saying anything substantial, MPs are natural Marcel Marceaus.

PM Modi’s interaction with NDA MPs starting from July 31 to August 10. A total of 430 MPs have been divided into 11 groups and Modi will hold a meeting with each group separately for an hour. On July 31, the first two meetings shall take place in Delhi.

House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal instructed BJP MPs to obstruct Mallikarjun Kharge from speaking in the House and accused the saffron party of crossing all limits of decency and decorum in Parliament. Kharge could not speak in the upper house due to sloganeering after the External Affairs minister's statement on India's foreign policy developments.

leadership understood it and they are so democratic that they agreed that it happened out of hurry," Binoy Viswam said while speaking to ANI. "The chapter is closed now. What is important is that the no-confidence motion is there in Parliament and it has the signature of sufficient number of MPs," the CPI MP said.

Monsoon session on Wednesday, several MPs from opposition parties have given notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeking a discussion on the Manipur issue, which has been a key reason for the continuous logjam in both Houses since the session commenced. In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Manickam Tagore has moved Adjournment Motion Notice demanding a discussion on the Manipur situation. Opposition Rajya Sabha MPs Tiruchi Siva of DMK and RJD's Manoj Jha have moved Suspension of Business Notices under Rule 267 with the latter requesting the Upper House Chairman to suspend all other business, listed for the day including the Zero Hour as well as Question Hour and discuss the situation of the violence-hit state. Congress' Ranjeet Ranjan, Rajeev Shukla, and Aam Aadmi Party's Raghav Chadha have also proposed a similar notice in the matter. The Opposition's alliance-- Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance-- is planning to bring a no-confidence motion against the government in the Lok Sabha today, the Leader of the Opposition in Lower House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.

Home Minister Amit Shah has written to the leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the Parliament impasse, seeking cooperation to discuss the Manipur issue. In his letter to Opposition leaders of both houses, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun Kharge of Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah said that the government is ready for discussion on the Manipur issue for as long as they want.

Manipur issue. The Congress has issued a whip to all its MPs, directing them to be present in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, sources said, adding that all party MPs would meet in the office of the Congress Parliamentary Party for a meeting at 10.30 am.

MPs from opposition parties have given notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeking a discussion on the Manipur issue, which has been a key reason for the continuous logjam in both Houses since the session commenced. In Lok Sabha, Congress MPs Manish Tewari, and Gaurav Gogoi have moved Adjournment Motion Notice demanding a discussion on the Manipur situation. Opposition Rajya Sabha MPs K Keshava Rao, KR Suresh Reddy, Joginipalli Santosh Kumar, Badugula Lingaiah Yadav, Ranjeet Ranjan, Manoj Jha, Syed Naseer Hussain, Tiruchi Siva, Imran Pratapgadhi have moved Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 to discuss the situation prevailing in Manipur. Significantly, a meeting of the members of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) has been convened at the office of Congress national president and the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge to chalk out a floor management strategy before the Upper House goes into session. The meeting of the floor leaders will be held at 10 am.

united opposition, INDIA, had marched out of the Rajya Sabha on Monday and have been sitting near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex overnight. The opposition's goal for the monsoon session is to keep focus on the Manipur issue. The move came after AAP MP Sanjay Singh was suspended for the rest of the session and they decided to hold a relay protest throughout the night till 10.45 am on Tuesday morning.

Opposition that accuses the Narendra Modi government of 'over-centralisation' now wants 'one man' alone, the prime minister, to speak on the violence in Manipur, or else… Three days into the monsoon session, Parliament continues to be in 'or else' mode: dysfunction. GoI has agreed to a discussion on Manipur in both Houses, with the home minister replying. But the Opposition is still seeing 'government' as 'PM' and 'PM' as 'government'.

Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin (pictured) is the chair of the Treasury Committee.

'Changes were varied across the range with the only consistent theme being a reduction in the UK exposure.'

With the Monsoon session of Parliament, facing continuous disruptions over Manipur violence since it began, is all set to reassemble on Monday, Congress MPs have moved adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the strife-torn state. Congress Lok Sabha MPs Manickam Tagore and Manish Tewari have proposed adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the northeastern state with the latter asking to suspend Zero Hour, Question Hour, and other businesses of the day to have a discussion regarding "ongoing ethnic clashes".

Assam government has decided to send cabinet ministers, MPs, MLAs and selected top government officials to the villages for 15 days next month. The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, «All cabinet ministers will stay in village areas for 15 days.

Parliament over holding a debate on Manipur violence, MPs of various opposition parties have planned a protest on Monday near Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament complex to press for the prime minister's statement on the issue in both houses. Sources said leaders of various opposition parties who have now formed the INDIA alliance will meet in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and will discuss their further strategy in Parliament.