Manipur: ‘Need of the hour is peace, violence is hurting everybody’, says Rahul Gandhi

“The need of the hour is peace. Violence is hurting everybody; thousands of families have been harmed and I have never seen, anywhere in India, what is going on here. The state is completely split in two and it is a tragedy for everyone involved. I want to tell all the people of Manipur – I come here as your brother, I come here as someone who wants to help you, who wants to work with you to bring back peace in Manipur. I am ready to do whatever I can, Congress party is ready to do whatever it can to bring back peace here. We had a conversation with the Governor and we expressed to the Governor that we would like to help in whatever way we can. We also expressed our displeasure, and said that we are not happy with the progress that has taken place here. I don’t want to go further into politicising this issue, that’s not my intention.”