Imphal, July 28: The Manipur government responding to the demands of opposition parties and various civil society organisations, on Thursday decided to convene the state Assembly session this month end or from early August.
Talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, Manipur Health and Family Welfare Minister Sapam Ranjan Singh said that the business of the proposed Assembly session is yet to be decided.
Meanwhile, on reports of a section of the media that the Manipur government did not take care of BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte, who was brutally assaulted by a mob in Imphal on May 4.
Singh said that after his medical treatment in the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal for few days, the state government has arranged air ambulance to shift the legislator to Delhi’s Apollo Hospital for better medical care.
Singh, who is also the Manipur government spokesman, said that Valte, who belongs to the Kuki-Zomi tribal community, is in stable condition and discharged from hospital.
Valte was attacked on May 4, a day after the ethnic violence broke out, when he was on his way to his residence after participating in a meeting called by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh.
