Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh on Saturday. Both the leaders likely discussed the backdrop of the ongoing violence in Manipur.

The incessant violence in Manipur between the Meitei and the Kuki communities is ongoing for than a month now.

Considering the situation, the Central government had to deploy paramilitary forces in an attempt to bring the situation under control. Recently, a fresh violence in the state claimed lives of three people on Friday.

The CBI affirmed that it has filed six FIRs and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate whether there was a conspiracy behind the clashes in Manipur. This move by the CBI comes after CM Singh led Manipur government had noted six cases to the Centre for a investigation by the premier investigative agency.

The ban on the internet which was enforced on May 3 remains still in effect. The Supreme Court on Friday, ruled out the urgent listing of a plea against the suspension of internet services in the violence-hit state. The apex court noted that the High Court is seized of the matter.

Reports claimed, the Manipur violence has till now claimed hundreds of lives and many were left injured. Around 4,014 incidents of arson have been reported in the state. Furthermore, almost 144 stolen arms and ammunitions recovery has also been reported.

The top Court earlier had expressed concern over the loss of lives and properties in Manipur. Further, it also emphasized on taking necessary measures to re-establish normalcy in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also toured the troubled state to take cognizance of the situation and take up measures to bring back normalcy in the law and order situation of the state.

The Congress on Friday, denied that senior party leader Sachin Pilot may form his independent party. Congress General secretary KC Venugopal said the party is united and will contest the upcoming elections in Rajasthan together.

Venugopal said, he does not believe in the rumours. He said senior party leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Malikkarjun Kharge had discussed the issue with Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Pilot. He said both of them had agreed that they will fight together in the upcoming elections in the state, the assembly election is due later this year.

He said he had met Pilot recently and was in contact with him. He advised the media to keep a positive outlook to the whole situation.

However, reports said, Pilot wants his demands to be met. The foremost demand being, the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan should take action on the corruption that took place during the previous Vasundhare Raje led BJP government.

No action has been taken by the Congress yet in this regard. The former Rajasthan Deputy CM Pilot has taken firm ground over his demands and says the issues of paper leak and corruption are his top priority.

Two other demands of Pilot includes, new appointments should be made in the Rajasthan Public Service Commission and compensation should be given to those who have been affected by the cancellation of government recruitment exams following the paper leaks.

There has been intense speculation that Pilot will announce his own independent party on his father and former Congress Union Minister Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary in Dausa, Rajasthan, the same place where the senior Pilot was a Lok Sabha MP.

The Congress party had made an announcement last week that unity of all members is the supreme agenda of the party and will contest the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections unitedly after there was resistance from Pilot that he would not budge from his demands.

Constant efforts are being made by the Congress party to decrease the tensions between the two senior-most leaders of the party in Rajasthan Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot. As a result back to back meetings were held with Rahul Gandhi Kharge  at his residence in Rajaji Marg earlier this week.

After the meeting both Gehlot and Pilot were seen together with Venugopal addressing the media, where it was said to the media that both the leaders setting aside their disagreement’s, are going to fight the polls unitedly to bring back the incumbent party to power in Rajasthan.

The BJP and the Congress are divided over the inclusion of RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in chapters of school textbooks in Karnataka.

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said the alleged removal of the chapters on the RSS founder was a crime against Youth. The BJP has hit out at the Karnataka government demanding an apology that it is distorting history.

BJP Leader CN Ashwath Narayan said the Congress should take its time and should not take decisions in a hurry. He further added, as a government it should take into account the concerns of all sections of the society.

While the Congress MLC BK Hari Prasad said the Karnataka government will not include chapters on the RSS founder because he considered him as a coward and a fake freedom fighter.

Karnataka Education minister Madhu Bangarappa said the school syllabus will be changed from this year itself. He said old textbooks would not be recalled but supplementary textbooks will be sent to the teachers explaining what topics to be taught and what topics to be left out.

He said the changes in the syllabus was being made keeping in mind the future of the children. He added, the Congress had already made the announcement in the pre election manifesto itself.

He did not go into the details and said a special technical team is going to handle the process of revision of the textbooks.

The Congress had promised in thier election manifesto that they would remove the National Education Policy. He also added, the changes in the syllabus would be minimum so that no inconvenience is caused to the students in their studies.

The technical team will give their suggestions and recommendations which will be sent to the Education Minister.The Minister will discuss the changes in the syllabus with the cabinet members. This process will take 10-15 days.

After winning the recent held state election, the Congress said they are going to change the syllabus of the textbooks. They said they are not going to allow texts and lessons to poison the minds of their children.