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  • Amit Shah reviews Manipur status regularly: Officials

    New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah has been regularly reviewing the security situation in Manipur, ensuring necessary action in the past 100 days, government officials said, adding that dialogues are being held with both the Meitei and Kuki communities to restore peace in the region. as soon as possible.

    As per the officials, two battalions of the CRPF have been deployed in Manipur, in addition to about 200 teams of central police forces.

    Meanwhile, the central government has ended the Free Movement Regime along the IndiaMyanmar border. The Cabinet Committee on Security has in principle approved the construction of border fencing and roads along the 1,610kilometre international border between India and Myanmar at a cost of about Rs 31,000 crore. About 10 km of fencing has been completed over Moreh, and work is underway to fence another 21 km of the border in other areas of Manipur, said people in the know.

  • Parliament House: PM tried to break Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge’s retort

    After the PM targeted Congress by raking up the anniversary of the imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge asked how long the PM wanted to rule by repeatedly talking about Emergency.

    “He (Modi) will say this 100 times. How long do you want to rule by talking about this,” Kharge asked. He said without declaring an “emergency”, the PM was doing many questionable things. “Modiji tried to break the Constitution. That’s why leaders of all parties have come together today and are protesting. There was a Gandhi statue here (in front of Parliament House). They are breaking all democratic norms…,” Kharge said. He alleged that the PM’s customary speech ahead of the session skipped many important issues, including the NEET paper leak, caste census, the recent train accidents and the violence in Manipur.