Manipur Violence: PM Modi Issues Orders To Ensure No Shortage Of Cooking Gas, Food At Relief Camps

Manipur violence: Monday's meeting, which ended around 2.30 pm, was among the top items on PM Modi's agenda after he returned from his US and Egypt trips on Sunday night.

PM Modi chairs a key meeting on the Manipur situation in Delhi on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Union Home Amit Shah and other ministers to take stock of the Manipur crisis. The Prime Minister has ordered to ensure that there is no shortage of flour and gas in schools, where relief camps have been set up for those affected buy the violence. PM Modi also reviewed the plan to restore peace in Manipur.

Monday's meeting, which ended around 2.30 pm, was among the top items on PM Modi's agenda after he returned from his US and Egypt trips. Shah arrived at the PM's residence on Monday afternoon and briefed him on the Manipur situation. Shah told PM Modi that the state and central forces have been able to control the violence in Manipur.

Apart from Shah, Union Minister for Petroleum Hardeep Singh Puri, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav, and many other senior officials were also present in the meeting with the Prime Minister.

Earlier in the day, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that there has been no report of any casualty since June 13 due to the violence. He also said that the Amit Shah had assured him that the Union government will take all possible steps to bring back normalcy in Manipur. Last week, the Union Home Minister chaired an all-party meeting over the Manipur situation. Eighteen political parties, four MPs from the northeast, and two chief ministers from the region attended the three-hour-long meeting.

According to news agency PTI, he told the all-party meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been monitoring the situation in the violence-hit state since day one and providing guidance with full sensitivity to find a solution to the problem. Shah also said that the situation in Manipur was slowly returning to normal. However, Shah is particularly worried about the shift of violence and civil unrest from peripheral areas to the districts in the Imphal valley.

Speaking to reporters after returning from New Delhi, Singh stated, "Amit Shahji is deeply concerned about the changing pattern of violence, which has transitioned from armed clashes in peripheral areas to civil unrest in the valley districts." He further highlighted that the state and central governments have been successful in significantly containing the violence.