Did Biren Singh meet PM Modi to discuss the situation in Manipur, asks Congress’ Jairam Ramesh
The Hindu
Congress questions if Manipur CM met PM Modi one-on-one to discuss violence, as state faces crisis since May 2023.
The Congress on July 28 said the people of Manipur are asking whether Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who attended two meetings chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 28, met him one-on-one to discuss the situation in the violence-hit State.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The simple question that the people of Manipur are asking is this: Did Shri N. Biren Singh meet with Shri Narendra Modi separately one-on-one and discuss the situation in Manipur, which started burning on the night of May 3rd 2023?”
Manipur plunged into violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities in May, 2023. Since then some 200 people have been killed and thousands displaced.
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