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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived at Imphal for a two-day visit to strife-torn Manipur. As per ANI report, He will leave for Churachandpur district where he will visit relief camps to meet people displaced by ethnic strife that rocked the northeastern state since early last month.
Around 50,000 people are now staying in over 300 relief camps across the state since ethnic strife started in May this year.
On Friday, Gandhi is scheduled to visit relief camps in Imphal and hold talks with certain civil society organisations, Congress sources said.
#WATCH | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reaches Imphal, Manipur.
He is on a two-day visit to the state and will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur during his visit. pic.twitter.com/Ov5YwHTOFH
— ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2023
More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state so far.
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.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals — Nagas and Kukis — constitute another 40 per cent of the population and reside in the hill districts.
Senior Congress Leader and General Secretary in charge of communications tweeted about Rahul Gandhi’s visit and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Even as the PM continues to be totally silent and frozen into inaction. https://t.co/v88CmCSAWk
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 29, 2023
It’s a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is going to Manipur. Union HM went there but nothing happened. PM has not said even a word about Manipur till now. The situation in Manipur is deteriorating as China is involved in it, says Uddhav Thackeray faction MP Sanjay Raut told ANI
