The reports of fresh violence in the state comes as a major setback for the people of the state and government amid efforts to restore peace in the state.
Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday asked whether reports of Himanta Biswa Sarma and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Ram Madhav seeking the help of "Kuki militants" during the polls in the northeastern state were true and whether Prime minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had approved this.
Despite the recent condemnation and rejection of the Centre's peace committee by several Kuki tribal bodies, Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey visited the troubled district of Churachandpur, widely known as the Kuki heartland, on Monday.
On Friday, the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing on a plea by two Manipur residents against the repeated internet shutdowns in the state rocked by ethnic violence.
Security advisor to the Manipur government, Kuldiep Singh, said during his Manipur visit last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the Government of Manipur to send a request to MHA for relief package for displaced people.