Jitendra Singh rushes to Manipur to take stock of situation

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his ministerial colleague Jitendra Singh to go to Manipur to take stock of situation there, a day after army’s retaliatory strike in Myanmar that neutralised insurgents believed to be behind the ambush in the state that killed 18 soldiers.

Singh, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, will hold interaction with various sections following the Prime Minister’s directive, official sources said. He will also visit neighbouring Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Singh, also MoS for Development of North-Eastern Region, will interact with members of the civil society, political parties and security officials. Singh, who will be touring these states for three days, will leave here in a day or two, they said.