A multi-party delegation of the opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) reached the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday morning, to leave for a a two-day 'on-the-spot assessment' of the ground situation in Manipur.

Sources said the opposition bloc had written to Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who allowed the delegation to visit the state.

The delegation would be meeting Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Sunday morning, Hussain said.

The delegation includes Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress, Trinamool Congress's Sushmita Dev, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Mahua Maji, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Kanimozhi, Nationalist Congress Party's Mohammad Faizal, Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Manoj Kumar Jha of Rashtriya Janata Dal, N K Premachandran of Revolutionary Socialist Party and T Thirumavalavan of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi.

Janata Dal-United chief Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Aneel Prasad Hegde (JD-U), Communist Party of India's Sandosh Kumar, Communist Party of India-Marxist's A A Rahim, Samajwadi Party's Javed Ali Khan, Indian Union Muslim League's E T Mohammed Basheer, Aam Aadmi Party's Sushil Gupta, Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena-Uddhav Thackeray), D Ravikumar (DMK), Phulo Devi Netam and K Suresh (Congress) will also be part of the 20-member delegation which will leave on Saturday morning and return on Sunday afternoon.   -- ANI/PTI