Leaders of various political parties, including BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left parties, attended an all-party meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday to discuss the prevailing situation in Manipur.
Nearly 120 people have lost their lives and over 3,000 have been injured since caste violence broke out in the state on May 3. The meeting was attended by BJP President JP Nadda, former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh (Congress), Derek O’Brien. (TMC), Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Singh (NPP), M Thambi Durai (AIADMK), Tiruchi Siva (DMK), Pinaki Mishra (BJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), Manoj Jha (RJD) and Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena). Happened.
The meeting was also attended by Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, Nityanand Rai and Ajay Kumar Mishra, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka. Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘tribal solidarity march’ was organized in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Shah had toured the state for four days last month and met different sections of people as part of his efforts to bring back peace in the northeastern state. Opposition parties are criticizing the government for the way it has handled the situation as the violence has not stopped even after 50 days.
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