Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 17: A three-person fact-finding committee has been constituted by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to identify the origins of the widespread violence in Manipur and assess its scope, the party announced on Wednesday.
“Hon’ble Congress President has constituted the following Fact-Finding team to visit Manipur, to ascertain the causes of widespread violence in the state and evaluate, in coordination with the AICC Incharge of Manipur, PCC President and CLP leader with immediate effect,” a statement by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal.
The fact-finding committee includes party MLA Sudip Roy Barman, former MP Ajoy Kumar, and AICC General Secretary MP Mukul Wasnik.
The team has been instructed to deliver the report to the president of Congress as soon as possible.
Okram Ibobi Singh, a leader in the Manipur Congress and a former chief minister of the state, visited Mallikarjun Kharge, the party’s national president, in Delhi and briefed him on the circumstances in the northeastern state.
Taking to Twitter, Kharge said, “A delegation of @INCManipur leaders apprised me of the tremendous difficulties which the people of Manipur had to go through during these troubling times. A team of observers are being sent shortly to ascertain the ground realities.”
A delegation of @INCManipur leaders apprised me of the tremendous difficulties which the people of Manipur had to go through during these troubling times.
A team of observers are being sent shortly to ascertain the ground realities.
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 17, 2023
“The situation in Manipur remains tense and is deeply distressing. The Union Government should do everything possible to see normalcy returns to the state. Every community has a stake in ensuring peace. Let us take everyone in confidence,” he added.
The situation in Manipur remains tense and is deeply distressing.
The Union Government should do everything possible to see normalcy returns to the state. Every community has a stake in ensuring peace.
Let us take everyone in confidence.
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 17, 2023
