MPs call on Manipur guv with peace plan

IMPHAL: Twenty-one members of Parliament from the Opposition alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA, told Manipur governor Anusuiya Uikey that their findings in the state had established beyond doubt that the state machinery failed to control the situation for close to three months, according to leaders from the delegation that concluded its two-day visit on Sunday

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The MPs representing 16 political parties-submitted a memorandum to the governor in which they reported the condition on the ground, made suggestions for peace efforts, and rued the "silence of the Prime Minister" over the issue, the leaders added.

The governor welcomed the MPs, and told them that the state and central government were making "relentless efforts" to restore peace and normalcy, officials in Raj Bhavan said.

Since May 3, Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic violence between the Meiteis, the dominant community in the state with 53% of the population that lives largely in the plains, and tribal communities, particularly Kukis who live largely in the hilly areas, that has left at least 150 dead, over 500 injured, and 50,000 displaced.