Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has penned a letter to President Draupadi Murmu, urging her intervention in the Manipur crisis. Kharge criticizes both the central and state governments for failing to restore peace,

The National People's Party pulled its support from the BJP coalition in Manipur, citing law and order failures. Catch Manipur Violence News LIVE Updates here

The Congress chief writes to President Droupadi Murmu that she ‘may be aware’ that PM Narendra Modi has not visited strife-torn Manipur since May 2023 ‘despite the demand of the people’.

Hundreds of people defied a curfew to stage demonstrations in India's northeastern state of Manipur over the weekend and 23 were arrested for violence as tensions between two ethnic communities flared up again.

On November 16, a mob in India’s Manipur state attempted to storm the home of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and attacked properties of other ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. The assailants were protesting the government’s failure to end ongoing ethnic violence in the state.

Violence has once again disrupted the fragile peace of the north-eastern state at the centre of ethnic violence.