‘Congress & INDIA bloc will raise Manipur issue with full force in Parl’
New Delhi: The Congress and the INDIA bloc will raise the need for peace in Manipur with full force in Parliament to put pressure on the government to end this tragedy, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday, days after his visit to the violence-hit state.
He also reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should visit Manipur and appeal for peace.
Gandhi made the remarks in a post in Hindi on X as he shared a video of his interactions with the people of Manipur during his day-long visit to the restive state on Monday.
“I have visited Manipur three times since violence broke out there, but unfortunately there is no improvement in the situation -- even today the state is divided into two parts. Houses are burning, innocent lives are in danger and thousands of families are forced to live in relief camps,” the former Congress chief said.
The Prime Minister should personally visit Manipur, listen to the problems of the people of the state and appeal for peace, Gandhi said.
“The Congress party and INDIA bloc will raise the need for peace in Manipur with full force in Parliament to put pressure on the government to end this tragedy,” the Congress leader said. During his stay in Manipur, Gandhi had visited three relief camps in different districts of the BJP-ruled state and interacted with people belonging to both the warring ethnic groups -- Meiteis and Kukis -- who were displaced by the violence. Gandhi had also visited Manipur weeks after ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state on May 3 last year. He also began his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ from the state in January 2024.
In the video, Gandhi is seen interacting with people at various relief camps. The people narrate to him their plight and fears and urge him to fight for them and raise their voice.
The Congress leader is seen in the video telling the people that his party and its MPs had raised the problems the people of Manipur were facing in the Parliament session that has just gone by and
promised to raise the issues again in the upcoming session.
