Team News Riveting
Imphal, July 30
A delegation of 21 Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the opposition parties, under INDIA bloc, met Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhawan in Imphal on Sunday.
Asserting that both the central and the state government failed to control the violence, the MPs submitted a memorandum to Uikey. In the memorandum, the opposition MPs urged the Manipur Governor to take every possible measure to restore peace and normalcy in the strife-torn state.
“The delegation of INDIA met the governor of Manipur and requested that the government restore peace and rehabilitate affected families at the earliest,” the Congress party said in a statement.
The 21-member team of MPs representing as many as 16 Opposition parties on Saturday visited relief camps in Imphal and Moirang (housing Meitei refugess) and Churanchandpur (where Kuki refugees driven away from Mritei majority parts of the state have been given shelter). They met the Governor Sunday morning before flying back to Delhi.
“We are, indeed, very shocked and sad to hear the stories of anxieties, uncertainties, pains and sorrows of individuals affected by the unprecedented violence unleased by both sides (Kukis and Meiteis) since the beginning of the clashes,” the memorandum stated. “There is an anger and a sense of alienation amongst all communities, which has to be addressed without delay,” it added.
They added that current crisis in Manipur is a result of “the failure of both the central and state government”. The opposition MPs said that the Centre and the Manipur government “failed to protect the lives and properties of the people of the two communities”.
They said that “more than 140 deaths, more than 500 injuries, burning of more than 5000 houses and internal displacement of more than 60,000 people” took place due to the violence in Manipur. “It is established beyond doubt that state machineries have completely failed to control the situation for the past three months,” they added.
