LIVE | Rahul meets people at relief camp in Churachandpur
Hours ahead of relief, unidentified gunmen open fire in Jiribam district's Gularthal area
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited violence-hit Manipur on Monday (July 8). He is on a day-long visit to the Northeast.
At Jiribam, Manipur, Rahul met internally displaced people from the Meitei community members staying at a relief camp.
En route to Manipur, he was in Assam, where he visited relief camps with displaced Kuki-Zo members and met flood-affected people.
3.5 hours of gunfight
A few hours before his visit, unidentified gunmen opened fire in the district's Gularthal area.
“Gunmen fired several rounds around 3.30 am towards the Meitei area of Gularthal, prompting security forces to retaliate. The exchange of fire continued till 7 am,” an official said. Security personnel have been deployed in the surrounding areas as a preventive measure.
One bulletproof vehicle of the state police also was hit by gunshots during the attack, the official said.
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Assam Congress submits memorandum to Rahul
Rahul Gandhi was received at Kumbhirgram airport in Silchar by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Borah and other senior state and district party leaders.
Borah submitted a memorandum to Rahul, urging him to take up the issue of the devastating flood with the Centre as a special case to get adequate relief and compensation for the severe losses incurred due to the deluge.
“We will be grateful to you for carrying our voice of agony to the Centre,” he said.
Assam should get a package to tackle the grim situation, “as the state government has failed to get adequate funds from the Centre, a double failure of the double engine government”, Borah added.
The Congress leader met flood victims at a relief camp at Furethal in Cachar district. The camp is on the route that Rahul will take to the Jiribam district of Manipur.
Rahul will return to Silchar airport from Jiribam, and fly to Imphal for the next leg of his Manipur tour.
