Manipur situation is an internal issue: India to EU

India in a sharp response on Wednesday said the Manipur situation is "totally internal to India" following EU decision to debate a motion on the Manipur situation on the eve of PM's Paris trip.

India had reached out to the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) not to hold the debate which will be on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France. Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said, "We made efforts to reach out to EU parliamentarians. The matter is totally internal to India."

The European Parliament will hold an urgent debate on the Manipur situation, where the discussion on the motion will be held on July 12 and the vote on a will be done on July 13.


The development comes after a motion for a resolution was tabled in the EU Parliament by six parliamentary groups which include Left, European Socialists and Greens to regionalist parties, Conservatives, and centre-right political and Christian groups.

The motion condemned the ongoing violence in Manipur and denounced the nationalistic rhetoric deployed by leading members of the BJP party.