Rahul Gandhi In Manipur Live Updates

Rahul Gandhi In Manipur Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi will today meet people displaced by ethnic strife in Manipur and hold talks with civil society organisations during his two-day visit to the state.

Background

After days of unrest and amid ongoing efforts to restore peace in Manipur, Rahul Gandhi will visit the strife-torn state today and meet the people displaced by ethnic strife. He will also hold talks with civil society organisations, during his two-day visit to the northeastern state from Thursday. This is the first visit of the Congress leader to Manipur since violence broke out on May 3. "After reaching Imphal, Gandhi is scheduled to head to Churachandpur district where he will visit relief camps. He will then go to Moirang in Bishnupur district and interact with displaced persons," a senior Congress leader said on Wednesday. “On Friday, Gandhi will visit relief camps in Imphal and will later hold talks with certain civil society organisations," he said.

Talking about his visit, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal had earlier tweeted, “Manipur has been burning for nearly two months, and desperately needs a healing touch so that the society can move from conflict to peace. This is a humanitarian tragedy and it is our responsibility to be a force of love, not hate.”

Around 50,000 people are currently put up in over 300 relief camps across the state since the ethnic strife broke out in May this year. More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur. The clashes first broke out on May 3 after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

The Manipur government has decided to invoke "no work, no pay" rule for its employees who are not attending office. The General Administration Department (GAD) has been asked to furnish details of employees who are not able to attend their official work due to the prevailing situation in the state.

A circular issued on Monday night by GAD Secretary Michael Achom said: "In pursuance of the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister on June 12 and decision taken at para 5-(12) of the proceedings, all employees drawing their salaries from General Administration Department, Manipur Secretariat are informed that no work, no pay may be invoked to all those employees who do not attend their official duty without authorised leave." Manipur government has one lakh employees.