Manipur: Opposition front I.N.D.I.A in Manipur to assess situation; BJP takes a jibe | Oneindia News
A 21-member opposition delegation reached Manipur on Saturday. The opposition is in Manipur to assess the ground situation in the northeastern state where ethnic violence has been raging for nearly three months. The delegation includes Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress, Sushmita Dev of the Trinamool, DMK's Kanimozhi, RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha, and JDU chief Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, among others. This is their first visit to the state since the formation of the Opposition Front INDIA. The Opposition leaders are on a two-day visit. They landed in Imphal this afternoon.
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00:00 A 21-member opposition delegation reached Manipur on Saturday.
00:06 The opposition is in Manipur to assess the ground situation in a north-eastern state
00:10 where ethnic violence has been raging for nearly three months.
00:13 The delegation includes Adhiranjan Chaudhary and Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress, Sushmita
00:17 Dev of the Trinamool, DMK's Kanimori, RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha and JDU chief Rajiv Ranjan
00:24 Singh, among others.
00:25 This is their first visit to the state since the formation of the Opposition Front India.
00:30 The opposition leaders are on a two-day visit.
00:32 They landed in Imphal this afternoon.
00:34 Reports said that they will take a chopper to Churachandpur where they will meet the
00:38 Kuki tribe leaders, civil society and women groups.
00:41 Sources said that the delegation will also visit relief camps and meet the victims of
00:45 violence before returning to Imphal where they will meet the members of the Maitei community.
00:50 The BJP has slammed the opposition MPs and reiterated the alleged crimes against women
00:54 in Rajasthan and West Bengal.
00:57 Congress's Gaurav Gogoi said that they are in Manipur to find out the truth and to put
01:00 forward the truth before Parliament.
01:03 The Manipur issue has led to a Parliament lockjam since the monsoon session convened
01:07 this month with the opposition MPs demanding a long discussion on it as well as a statement
01:12 from the Prime Minister in Parliament.
01:14 But the Centre has insisted that Home Minister Amit Shah will respond to the opposition.
01:18 The government is set to face a no-confidence motion in the Parliament brought by Congress.
01:22 The Lok Sabha Speaker has accepted the motion but is yet to decide a date for the no-trust
01:27 vote.
01:28 The opposition delegation's visit to Manipur comes exactly a month after Congress leader
01:32 Rahul Gandhi visited the state on 29 June.
01:35 On the first day of his visit, his convoy was stopped and he flew in a helicopter to
01:39 the violent Churachandpur district from the state capital, Imphal.
01:43 The government of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who has thus far refused to give in
01:46 to demands of resignation, has decided to convene an assembly session at the end of
01:50 this month or early August.
01:52 At least 180 people have died and thousands have been displaced since the violence broke
01:57 out on May 3 in the north-eastern state.
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