As Parliament's Monsoon session remained deadlocked over ethnic violence in Manipur, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday appealed to the opposition parties "with folded hands" to join the debate on the issue.
Thakur also urged the opposition not to politicise the issue of atrocities against women in the northeastern State.
The opposition parties have planned joint protests in Parliament on Monday on the situation in Manipur. They have been demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament before starting a discussion on the issue.
