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More than 120 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence that erupted between the majority Meity community and the minority Kuki tribes on the first week of May. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in the violence-hit northeast state. NEW DELHI: As Manipur continues to remain on edge, the Congress on Tuesday said that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the violence-hit state on June 29 and 30. This is the first visit of the Congress leader to the northeastern state embroiled in ethnic violence since May 3. Announcing the decision, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal tweeted, “Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Manipur on 29–30 June. He will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur during his visit.” Venugopal further said that Manipur has been burning for nearly two months, and desperately needs a healing touch so that the society can move from confli...

Rahul was forced to vacate the bungalow after he was disqualified as Lok Sabha MP following his conviction in a criminal defamation case. Bye For Now! Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vacated his government bungalow, reports said. According to a report, Rahul Gandhi’s belongings have been moved to his mother Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence. The Lok Sabha Housing Committee, headed by BJP MP CR Patil, had sent him a letter asking him to vacate his 12 Tughlaq Lane bungalow, which he has been occupying since 2005, by April 22. Rahul was forced to vacate the bungalow after he was disqualified as Lok Sabha MP following his conviction in a criminal defamation case. Gandhi was convicted by a court in Gujarat's Surat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, and sentenced to two years in prison in a 2019 defamation case for asking at an election rally whether people with the "Modi surname" were "thieves". Gandh...