Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the strife-torn Manipur on June 29 and 30. Congress leader KC Venugopal said that Mr. Gandhi will also visit the relief camps and interact will the civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur to discuss the situation in the violence-hit state. Rahul Gandhi to visit violence-hit Manipur Taking it to Twitter, Congress general secretary announced Gandhis Manipur visit. He wrote, “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.”Sh. @RahulGandhi ji will be visiting Manipur on 29-30 June. He will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur during his visit. Manipur has been burning for nearly two months, and desperately needs a healing touch so that the…— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) June 27, 2023Violence in Manipur was first gripped on May 3 amid the clashes between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribe, killing over 110 people and thousands of people are displayed. Congress takes a swipe at PM Modi and BJP government Taking notes from the situation, Rahul took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modis silence over the violence. In a tweet, he slammed the prime minister and wrote, “An all-party meeting is called when the Prime Minister is not in the country. It is clear..this meeting is not important for the Prime Minister.”Moreover, Union Minister Amit Shahs all-party meeting, held on June 24, in PM Modis absence also sparked a conversation. The Congress had said that it only showed Modis “cowardice and unwillingness to confront his failures”, and the BJP governments “lack of seriousness” on the subject. Demand for the immediate resignation of CM Biren Singh The situation in Manipur still goes now, with violence reported from parts of the state. Amid the same, several legislators from the state, including those from the BJP, have been demanding the resignation of chief minister N. Biren Singh, accusing him of incompetence and acting in a partisan manner.
