TMC DELEGATION LANDS IN MANIPUR AS STATE TIGHTENS CURFEW RELAXATIONS

A five-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs, which reached the Manipur capital Imphal on Wednesday afternoon, said that it would meet "all groups and communities" in the violence-hit state and listen to their problems.

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The TMC has been claiming that the "divisive" policies of the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Manipur have led to the ethnic strife which has claimed over 150 lives.

Upon landing in Imphal, Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev told reporters, "Our leader Mamata Banerjee has sent a delegation of five MPs to listen to all the sides. Banerjee had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier and wanted to visit the state. But the home minister did not facilitate her visit. Later, she directed us to visit the state for a day or two." "We want to assure the people of Manipur that our leaders Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee want peace. We want to hear and listen to all because we want everyone to coexist. We will take a helicopter to Churachandpur and visit the relief camps in the evening. We also plan to meet the governor," Dev said.