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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived at Assam’s Kumbhirgram airport here en route to strife-torn Manipur. The former Congress chief was received at the airport by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Borah and other senior state and district party leaders. Borah submitted a memorandum to Gandhi urging him to take up the issue of the devastating flood with the Centre as a special case to get adequate relief and compensation for the severe losses incurred due to the deluge.

'We will be grateful to you for carrying our voice of agony to the Centre', he said. Assam should get a package to tackle the grim situation, 'as the state government has failed to get adequate funds from the Centre, a double failure of the double engine government", Borah added.

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The Congress leader is scheduled to meet flood victims at a relief camp at Furethal in Cachar district.

The camp is on the route that Gandhi will take to the Jiribam district of Manipur. Gandhi will return to Silchar airport from Jiribam, and fly to Imphal for the next leg of his Manipur tour. After landing in Imphal, he will head to Churachandpur district where he will interact with people living in relief camps.

From Churachandpur, the Congress leader will go to Moirang in Bishnupur district by road and visit some relief camps. He will then return to Imphal where a meeting with Governor Anusuiya Uikey is scheduled to take place.

The Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying while it will be Rahul Gandhi's third visit to Manipur since violence broke out in May last year, the PM has neither found the time nor even had the inclination to visit the state for even a few hours.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Today, the non-biological PM goes to Moscow while the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha heads for Assam and Manipur."

"Of course, the drumbeaters of the non-biological PM have claimed that he stopped the Russia-Ukraine war for some time. Presumably, this Moscow trip will lead to even more bizarre claims," he said.

This is Rahul Gandhi's third visit to Manipur ever since the "state blew up" fourteen months ago, Ramesh said.

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"The non-biological PM has not found the time nor even had the inclination to visit Manipur even for a few hours after the grave crisis erupted on May 3rd, 2023, " he said.

"He (Modi) has not even met the CM of the state - who happens to be from his own party - and other political leaders of the state, including MLAs and MPs," Ramesh said.