Rahul Gandhi urges PM to come to violence-hit Manipur, says Cong will do everything to bring peace
Imphal, Jul 8: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Manipur to give solace to the ethnic violence-affected people of the state.
Gandhi also said that the Congress will do everything it can to bring peace to Manipur.
The tragedy of Manipur is "tremendous", the Raebareli MP told a press conference here.
"The Prime Minister should visit the state and listen to the woes of the people as it would give comfort to them," Gandhi said.
He said that he came to the state to listen to the woes of the violence-hit people and build confidence in them.
"We will do everything we can to bring peace to Manipur... As somebody in the opposition, I have been trying to pressure the government," he said.
Gandhi visited several relief camps where people displaced by the ethnic violence in the northeastern state are staying. The strife claimed over 200 lives since May last year.
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Body of UP girl who fell in Meghalaya waterfall recovered
Shillong (PTI): The body of a 15-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh who fell into a waterfall in Meghalaya's Sohra area while trying to take snaps a day ago was recovered on Thursday morning, officials said.
The girl had gone missing on Wednesday after she reportedly slipped while trying to take photographs and fell into one of the deep natural pools at the Wei Sawdong Falls, they said.
Search operations were conducted through Wednesday but were called off after sunset.
Around 7.30 am on Thursday, locals spotted the body stuck between rocks near the waterfall, officials said. Following this, a joint team of Fire and Emergency Services and the Sohra Police recovered the body around 10 am.
"Local village volunteers resumed the search early this morning and spotted the body, following which we recovered the body," a senior official told PTI.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.
