Rahul Gandhi In Manipur Live Press Conference Key Points: Congress Urges PM Modi To Visit Violence-Hit Manipur

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday met people affected by flood in Assam before reaching the violence-hit Manipur. This was Rahul Gandhi's first north-east visit after becoming the leader of the opposition, which is even more stronger and attacking in the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi also addressed media in the evening and through the camera, he requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to must violence-hit state.

Rahul Gandhi was joined by Assam and Manipur Congress leaders and AICC secretary KC Venugopal.

During the presser, Rahul Gandhi reiterated that peace is the only need of the hour in Manipur and there should be no politics done over it.

"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," said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi said that came here to listen to problems and difficulties the people of Manipur are facing. He is only taking a small step to build confidence in people once again.

"I want to tell all the people of Manipur, I come here as your brother, I come here as somebody who wants to help you, who wants to work with you to bring back peace in Manipur," Rahul Gandhi said to the people of Manipur.

Congress MP said this is his third visit to Manipur and he was expecting that BJP's state government must have worked to improve the situation but nothing actually happened. Rahul Gandhi added that he is disappointed to see the same divided and sensitive situation.