New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed the recent violent clashes in Manipur as 'deeply disturbing' and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the state and work towards restoring peace in the region.
On his social media handle X, Gandhi said, "The recent string of violent clashes and continuing bloodshed in Manipur is deeply disturbing."
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He said, "After more than a year of division and suffering, it was the hope of every Indian that the central and state governments would have made every effort at reconciliation and found a solution," the Raebareli MP said.
"I urge the PM once again to visit Manipur and work towards restoring peace and healing in the region," Gandhi said.
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CM House attacked
On Saturday an angry mob protesting the death of three people in Manipur's Jiribam tried to storm the private residence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Imphal.
Security personnel used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. CM Singh was not at his residence during the incident.
The crowd also attacked the residence of Singh's son-in-law and BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh. They gathered in front of the residence of his house and raised slogans demanding an appropriate response from the government and to arrest the culprits within 24 hours.
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The violence broke out after the bodies of two women and a child, who had been missing since Monday from a camp for the displaced, were recovered from Barak River in Jiribam on Saturday. Three other bodies, including a woman and two children, were found on Friday. (with Agency inputs)
