Manipur: A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition group INDIA landed in Imphal on Saturday, to look into the situation on the ground in ethnically divided Manipur. The opposition MPs' group will stop by several relief camps to meet the victims of the ethnic conflicts that broke in the northeastern state on May 3.
The team will visit the Kuki community's victims in the relief camps in Churachandpur after they reach, due to fresh violence which recently broke out there.
A security official told PTI, "From Imphal, they will go by a chopper to Churachandpur due to security issues. As only one helicopter is available, the members of the delegation would be divided into two teams, and the chopper will make two trips to ferry them."
Another team, including the deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, would travel there and visit a relief camp at Don Bosco School in Churachandpur, according to some inputs.
"After returning to Imphal, the team led by Chowdhury will go to another relief camp at Moirang College in Bishnupur district by road to meet victims from the Meitei community," he said.
The other group of opposition MPs will visit two camps: Lamboikhongangkhong in Imphal West district and the Ideal Girl's College relief camp at Akampat in Imphal East district.
"On Sunday morning, the delegation will meet Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhawan to discuss the ongoing situation and possible measures to bring peace in Manipur at the earliest," the MPCC official said.
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