Congress leader and National President Rahul Gandhi Manipur has left Delhi for his two-day visit to Manipur. On Manipur tour, Rahul Gani will meet people displaced due to caste violence in relief camps and interact with civil society organisations. , This is the first visit of any Congress leader after the violence

Violence started in Manipur on May 3 This is the first visit of a Congress leader to this northeastern state since. A senior Congress leader said, after reaching Imphal, Rahul Gandhi will go to Churachandpur where he will visit relief camps. After this he will go to Moirang in Vishnupur district and interact with the displaced people. Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps in Imphal on Friday and later interact with some civil society organizations, he said.

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Rahul will be in Manipur on June 29 and 30 during which he will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur. pic.twitter.com/DuZLWQSR2L

— ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2023 So far in Manipur violence 85 killed more people

Meitei and Kuki in Manipur ethnic violence between communities so far 100 More than people have died. Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘tribal solidarity march’ was organized in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Meitei community. Since the outbreak of ethnic conflict in May this year 466 in relief camps around , people are living. The population of Meitei community is highest in Manipur

Manipur’s 53 percent of the population belongs to the Meitei community and it is mainly Lives in Imphal Valley. Whereas, the population of tribal communities like Naga and Kuki percent and it mainly lives in the hilly districts.

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Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7: 48 AM IST