A delegation of leaders from the Left parties, CPI and CPI-M will arrive in violence-hit state of Manipur on Thursday for a three-day visit. The delegation will comprise MPs.
During their three-day visit (July 6-8) to the state, the Left leaders will visit the affected areas in Churachandpur and Imphal districts where they are expected to meet with those affected by the two-month-long ethnic violence and interact.
According to sources, the delegation will comprise Bikashranjan Bhattacharya and John Brittas (Rajya Sabha MPs, CPI-M), Binoy Viswam, Santhosh Kumar P (Rajya Sabha MPs, CPI) and K Subbarayan (Lok Sabha MP, CPI).
On Friday (July 7), the delegation is scheduled to meet the governor of Manipur, Anusuiya Uikey.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India-Manipur State Council (CPI-MSC) on Wednesday said that the visit by a joint delegation of MPs and leaders from CPI (M) and CPI to the state aims to bring a political situation to the prevailing unrest and not for political mileage.
The CPI-MSC, in a release, said the visit to the state by the five-membered delegation comes before the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, adding that it is focused on ascertaining the cause of the conflict for tabling it during the session.
t asserted that CPI (M) and CPI have always stood beside the people of the state, who are reeling under impacts of the ethnic conflict. It further said that the visit by the joint delegation is to express solidarity with the people of the state, assess the situation and extend efforts for restoring normalcy at the earliest.
The CPI-MSC also lauded the unwavering sacrifices and efforts of the brave womenfolk and civil society organisations of the state to restore peace and normalcy in the state, it added.
Manipur has been embroiled in an ethnic clash for two months now with the clash breaking out on May 3. Since then, over 100 souls have been killed, hundreds of villages and thousands of houses burnt and thousands displaced from their homes.
And even as the state government is trying its best to restore peace in the state by even deploying thousands of central security forces, attacks and killings in peripheral areas of the state continues.
Earlier this month, the Communist Party of India – Manipur State Council stated that the unrest in Manipur was a political problem and that it should be solved politically, adding that the turmoil in that state also shows the long negligence of administration.
