Even as the 21-member delegation of Opposition leaders was due to arrive shortly in Manipur, Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Saturday urged the visiting I.N.D.I.A leaders to contribute to the restoration of peace and order to the violence-hit Northeast.
She also called on all parties and stakeholders help put the state back on track. Earlier, on Saturday, the leaders of the visiting delegation said they would refrain from raising any political issues during their visit and would simply focus on getting a sense of the situation on the ground.
Speaking to reporters after visiting relief centres in Churachandpur, which was the epicentre of the ethnic violence in the state, Governor Uikey said, “People are asking when peace will be restored to the state. I make constant efforts to bring communities and stakeholders together in the interest of restoring peace to the state. We are also calling on all political parties to help us in this effort.”
On the two-day visit by the Opposition delegation, the Manipur Governor said, “I would appeal to them to contribute towards restoring peace to the state.”
After visiting people displaced by the ethnic violence at the Churachandpur relief shelters, the Governor said, “The government will provide compensation to people, to lost family members to the violence and also suffered loss of property. I will do everything possible to bring peace to Manipur and towards the welfare and well-being of the people, across communities.”
During her visit to the relief camps, several displaced locals asked when peace would return to the state.
The Governor said, “The people here want to return home. I am striving to bring all parties together in the interest of restoring peace to the state.”
Earlier, a 21-member delegation of the Opposition alliance, I.N.D.I.A, boarded a flight to Imphal, saying their two-day visit to violence-hit Manipur will be aimed at assessing “the real situation on the ground”.