Manipur: ‘500 people in one hall, no bathroom,’ INDIA MPs questions need for relief camps if ‘situation is peaceful’
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.
On Sunday, they called on Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum on their observations. Following the meet, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asserted that if the Manipur ethnic conflict is not resolved soon, it may create security problems for the country.
He said, "The governor heard our observations and agreed to those. She expressed sorrow over the incidents of violence and suggested that an all-party delegation should visit Manipur to talk to people to remove mistrust among communities." Chowdhury said that the visiting MPs will present their observations on Manipur in Parliament.
"We have requested a discussion on Manipur in Parliament as the situation is deteriorating every day," he said. Notably, the viral video from Manipur — where two women were purportedly seen being paraded naked — triggered a war of words between the Centre and Opposition, resulting in repeated disruptions and adjournments in Parliament.
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