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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Manipur on Monday and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come to the ethnic strife-affected state to offer some solace to the people, while asserting his partys support to any government move to bring back peace.. Describing what has happened in Manipur as a "tremendous tragedy", Gandhi said it is his third visit to Manipur since the violence began in May last year but witnessed "no improvement in the situation"...
The Congress leader was on a day-long visit to Manipur where ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities claimed more than 200 lives since May last year...
He visited three relief camps in different districts of the BJP-ruled state and interacted with the inmates belonging to both the warring ethnic groups who were displaced by the violence...
I am ready to do whatever I can, Congress party is ready to do whatever it can to bring back peace here," he said.. Stating that he had never seen anywhere in India what is going on in Manipur, Gandhi asserted that violence and hatred are not going to get any solution, while respect and interaction can...
The Congress leader also visited a camp of internally displaced people who had taken shelter at Thalain in Cachar district of Assam following the violence in neighbouring Manipur and interacted with them...
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