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Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi visited a relief camp in Manipur’s Churachandpur district and interacted with inmates there. People displaced by the ethnic violence in the northeastern state are staying in those relief camps.
Gandhi who is accompanied by senior Congress leaders talked to the people staying in the relief camps and listened to their problems. “His third visit to Manipur post-violence shows his unwavering commitment to the people’s cause,” the Congress said in a post on X.
Addressing press conference in Imphal, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi quoted by ANI said , “I feel that it is important that the Prime Minister come here, listen to the people of Manipur, try & understand what is going on in Manipur. After all, Manipur is a proud state of the Indian Union…even if there was no tragedy, the Prime Minister should have come to Manipur. In this huge tragedy, I request the Prime Minister to take 1-2 days of his time and just come and listen to the people of Manipur. It will comfort the people of Manipur. We are, as the Congress party, ready to support anything that would improve the situation here.”
Gandhi first visited Manipur weeks after ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3 last year. He also began his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ from the state in January 2024. The former Congress president first visited a relief camp set up at Jiribam Higher Secondary School.
Congress MP and LoP (Leader of Opposition) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi meets people at a relief camp at Moirang in Manipur’s Bishnupur.
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State Congress president Keisham Meghachandra told reporters that the inmates at Jiribam told Gandhi about the experiences they went through. “Rahul Gandhi’s visit aims at providing support to people and to assess the situation on the ground. His visit reflects the party’s commitment to address the concerns of those affected by the recent violence,” he told reporters.
“He also enquired about what they need. One girl told Gandhi that neither the Prime Minister nor the chief minister had come to visit them. She also urged Gandhi to place the matter in Parliament,” Meghachandra said.
