Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, June 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his Ministerial colleague Dr Jitendra Singh to go to Manipur to assess and take stock of the 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. Modi disclosed this at the Cabinet meeting held at South Block today.
Dr Jitendra 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 States, they said.
Dr Singh, who also holds Independent charge as Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), will interact with members of civil society, political parties and security officials, the sources said. He has been specifically assigned by the Prime Minister to help restore confidence among people in the region in view of tremendous goodwill he has earned in Northeast within a short span of a few months after he was entrusted with the Ministry for Northeast.
Singh, who will be touring these States for two to three days, will leave Delhi at the earliest, they said.
In a first-of-its-kind cross border operation, special forces of Army had yesterday carried out a surgical strike inside Myanmar. About 20 insurgents of the groups believed to be responsible for the recent deadly ambush on Army personnel in Manipur were eliminated.
A total of 18 soldiers were killed, and 15 others injured, during the ambush by insurgents in Chandel district on June 4.
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