Amit Shah Chairs Meet On Manipur Violence, TMC Demands All-Party Delegation Be Sent To State
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing an all-party meeting in the national capital to discuss the situation in the northeastern state of Manipur.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing an all-party meeting in the national capital to discuss the situation in the violence-hit Manipur. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar are not taking part in the meeting due to some prior commitments, however, two of his party leaders viz. NCP General Secretary Narendra Verma and Manipur NCP Chief Soran Iboyaima Singh are present in his place. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma and AAP leader Sanjay Singh are also participating in the meet.
#WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs all-party meeting on the situation in Manipur in Delhi pic.twitter.com/NR0J79NtG6
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In the meeting, All India Trinamool Congress demanded that an all-party delegation be sent to Manipur within one week.
"The message till now from the Union Government has been one of ignoring; that needs to change to healing, caring, restoring peace and harmony," the party added in its statement, as reported by ANI.
Meanwhile on Saturday, a group of people set on fire a private godown of Manipur minister L Susindro at Chingarel in Imphal East district, police said. According to PTI, an attempt was also made to torch another property of the consumer and food affairs minister and his residence at Khurai in the same district on Friday night but timely intervention prevented it.
Security forces fired several rounds of tear gas shells till midnight to prevent the mob from gheraoing his Khurai residence, police said. No casualty was reported in the incident. Manipur continues to witness incidents of violence since May 3. Following the recent events, the state government extended the ban on internet services till Sunday in an attempt to prevent any further disturbance to peace.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said that the unprecedented violence has "left a deep wound in the conscience of our nation" and has affected the lives of people in Manipur. She appealed for peace and harmony in the state.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the timing of the all-party meeting to discuss the prevailing situation in Manipur in the wake of ethnic violence and clashes, by saying that it is being organised when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a State visit to the United States, which shows that the meeting isn't important to him.
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