Amit Shah chairs all-party meet over situation in violence-hit Manipur

Opposition parties have been criticizing the Centre over its handling of the situation in the northeastern state as violence is continuing unabated for nearly 50 days

PGurus Newsdesk

June 24, 2023

Opposition parties have been criticizing the Centre over its handling of the situation in the northeastern state as violence is continuing unabated for nearly 50 days

Congress, other oppositions participate in Manipur all-party meeting

On Saturday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired an all-party meeting to discuss the situation in the violence-hit Manipur.

The meeting is being attended by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, BJP President J P Nadda, former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, RJD’s Manoj Jha, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, CPI(M) MP John Brittas, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien, Samajwadi Party MP Ramgopal Yadav, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and several officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

According to sources, the Centre will brief the opposition leaders about the actions it had taken in the last 50 days to maintain calm in Manipur and also seek their support for restoring normalcy in the violence-hit state.

The Congress and other opposition parties have been critical of the Centre and the Manipur government for failing to control the situation since the ethnic violence first erupted on May 3.

The Congress has also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the issue.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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