New Delhi, May 17 (Agency) The Congress on Wednesday constituted a three-member ‘Fact-Finding’ team to ascertain the cause of the recent violence in Manipur. The team which will visit Manipur includes party MP Mukul Wasnik, former MP Ajoy Kumar and MLA Sudip Roy Barman, as per a communique issued by the Congress general secretary in-charge of Organisation KC Venugopal.”The team will visit to Manipur and submit its report to the Congress president (Mallikarjun Kharge) at the earliest,” it said.Earlier, a delegation of Manipur Congress including state chief K Meghachandra and former CM Okram Ibobi Singh met party’s national president here and apprised him about the situation in the North Eastern state. “A delegation of Manipur Congress leaders apprised me of the tremendous difficulties which the people of Manipur had to go through during these troubling times,” said Congress president in a series of tweets on Wednesday.
Kharge informed that a team of observers are being sent shortly to ascertain the ground realities in Manipur. “The situation in Manipur remains tense and is deeply distressing.Kharge also demanded to the Central government to do everything possible to bring normalcy in the state. “The Union Government should do everything possible to see normalcy returns to the state. Every community has a stake in ensuring peace. Let us take everyone in confidence,” the Congress chief said. On Tuesday, the delegation met former party president Rahul Gandhi and briefed him about the state. The Congress had earlier accused the ruling BJP that it utterly “failed” to control the situation in Manipur anddemanded imposition of President’s Rule in the state.