Manipur Chief Minister asks Ministers and MLAs to organise lunch at relief camps on Independence Day

Guwahati: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh asked Ministers and MLAs to organise lunch at different relief camps on the Independence Day and have it together with the inmates.

He further asked elected representatives to talk with the inmates to address the problems and grievances.

Tiranga Concerts become a huge attraction in Imphal on Saturday. The music and cultural programs laced event was held as a part of countrywide celebrations of Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign.

The Chief Minister appealed to Ministers and MLAs to organise lunch at different relief camps on the Independence Day and have it together with the inmates. He further asked elected representatives to talk with the inmates to address the problems and grievances.

Biren said that instead of instigating the people to take out demonstrations which may result in untoward outcomes, the elected members should discuss issues on the floor of the Assembly Hall, considering the fact that Democracy is defined by the space it provides for holding debates.

During the ongoing budget session of the Manipur legislative assembly five opposition MLAs staged a walkout on Friday and decided to boycott the remaining sittings after their appeal to seek an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was rejected.Opposition MLAs from the Congress appealed to the speaker and the treasury bench to take a unanimous decision in the House to seek an appointment with the PM to resolve the crisis in Manipur, they have proposed that all Manipur MLAs should together meet PM Modi.Five opposition MLAs, including former chief minister Okram Ibobi, former speaker Th Lokeshwar, and Manipur PCC president K Meghachandra, submitted notices for private members’ resolutions to the Speaker on August 2, who rejected it, as a mark of protests the opposition Congress MLAs staged a walkout and have decided to boycott the rest of the session.

At least 226 people have been killed, 1,500 injured and 60,000 displaced since violence broke out between the Meitei and Kuki-Zomi communities on May 3 last year.

The riots began after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status.

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