Congress Moves Adjournment Motion To Discuss Manipur


Congress Moves Adjournment Motion To Discuss Manipur

Monsoon Session Live: The Monsoon session began on July 20.

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With the Monsoon session of Parliament, facing continuous disruptions over Manipur violence since it began, all set to reassemble today, Congress MPs have moved adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the strife-torn state.

Congress Lok Sabha MPs Manickam Tagore and Manish Tewari have proposed adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the northeastern state with the latter asking to suspend Zero Hour, Question Hour, and other businesses of the day to have a discussion regarding “ongoing ethnic clashes”.

The Monsoon session began on July 20 amid the pandemonium over Manipur violence, with the opposition demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements on the same “inside the House and not outside”.
 

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Opposition Demands PM Make Statement On Manipur In Parliament

The INDIA Opposition alliance wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a comprehensive statement on Manipur in Parliament, after which a discussion would take place to express a collective sense of pain and desire for reconciliation, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Monday.

The government has agreed to hold a short-duration discussion on the Manipur issue with the Home Minister replying to it, but the opposition is adamant on its demand for the prime minister’s statement first.

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