A multi-party delegation of the opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) arrived on a two-day “on-the-spot assessment” of the ground situation in Manipur from Saturday.
The opposition has decided to send a delegation of 21 Members of Parliament from 16 parties to the state. Ahead of the visit, Congress MP Dr Naseer Hussain told media persons here on Friday that opposition’s decision to send MPs’ delegation to Manipur is aimed at sending a message to the affected people of the state “that there is concern about their plight” and the opposition MPs have come to meet them.
The twenty member MPs delegation having MPs from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha includes K Suresh, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi, Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh, Sushmita Dev, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Sandosh Kumar, AA Rahim, Prof Manoj Kumar Jha, Javed Ali Khan, Mahua Maji, PP Mohammed Faizal, Aneel Prasad Hegde, ET Mohammed Basheer, NK Premachandran, Sushil Gupta, Arvind Sawant, D Ravikumar, Thiru Thol Thirumavalavan, Jayant Singh and Phulo Devi Netam.
NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MP PP Mohammed Faizal said, “We have been asking that the Manipur issue be discussed in the House. The ruling side is not agreeing to that. Opposition sat together and decided to have a field visit – exactly what is happening there, what they want to talk to us about. We will go to the camps and interact with the people there. We will lend our ears to them and hear from them – what are the hardships they faced, what do they expect from the side. Their voice would be brought here before the government.”
