Time Digital Report: Stepping up its campaign on the Manipur issue, India's opposition leaders today met President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi to seek her intervention in the matter.
The opposition parties are seeking the president's intervention saying ethnic violence in the BJP-ruled northeastern state is continuing unabated.
They also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Manipur to help restore peace, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Some lawmakers of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), who visited Manipur on July 29-30, were also part of the 31-member opposition delegation that called on the president.
The opposition also demanded a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed by a discussion under Rule 267 after suspending all other House business, while the ruling dispensation wants a short-duration discussion on Manipur which will be replied to by Home Minister Amit Shah.
In the memorandum submitted to the president, the leaders of the opposition bloc also raised the issue of communal tension in Haryana's Nuh.
They also alleged that the Central government was not bothered about the developments that are taking place "barely 100 km from the Prime Minister's Office".
Addressing the media after meeting President Murmu, Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge said the members of the delegation apprised the president of the situation in the state and shared their accounts.
"We implore you to press upon the Prime Minister Modi to urgently address parliament on the prevailing situation in Manipur, followed by a detailed and comprehensive discussion on the matter," the opposition alliance said in the memorandum.
