The Congress party asked Prime Minister Modi to call an all-party meeting, the first of which was held under the leadership of Home Minister Amit Shah
Post Date – 06:00 AM, Thursday – July 6
New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to follow Rahul Gandhi’s lead in visiting the violent Manipur state to understand the suffering of the people, saying it would seek “concrete answers” from the government on the situation in the state. Upcoming monsoon session of parliament.
The opposition also warned against attempts to destabilize the northeast and divide its people, saying it would have serious repercussions for the country’s territorial integrity.
Congress asked Prime Minister Modi to call an all-party meeting, as the first meeting was held under Home Minister Amit Shah.
Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, posted the video of the interview on Twitter, saying that Manipur needs peace to heal the wounds and all must work for it.
“During my two-day visit to the state, it broke my heart to see our brothers and sisters suffer. Peace is the only way forward and we must all work towards it.”
While tagging Gandhi’s tweet, Congress Secretary-General Jairam Ramesh said: “Wall erected due to hate and violent politics. It is not the people of Manipur who are trying to stop him. It is the state The police and the government.” “Manipur needs peace. The people of Manipur need a healing touch. The walls of hatred and mistrust need to be broken down. For this, the Chief Minister must step down and the Prime Minister must wake up,” he said.
In another tweet, Ramesh said the prime minister “took time to congratulate the Indian football team on a wonderful victory that made us all proud, but he remained silent on Manipur”.
“Three footballers from Manipur are proudly representing India. His silence hurt them too,” he added.
Speaking at a news conference at the AICC headquarters, Congressman Gaurav Gogoi said the primary responsibility of any state government is law and order and protection of the lives of citizens. “I don’t think the state government nor the center government has done that,” he claimed.
“The situation in Manipur remains abnormal. People in all communities are feeling a great deal of pain, grief, hatred and hostility.
“They are all disappointed… Now the broken ties in Manipur will take a long time to heal. Congress is willing to be part of the healing process,” Gogoy said.
Congress leader Ajoy Kumar told the same news conference that the prime minister may have time in his schedule but there is no room for Manipur in his mind.
Gogoy said Rahul Gandhi traveled to Manipur to start the initial healing process.
“We want the PM to take a cue and visit the state because why the PM avoided going to Manipur at all or talking about it has been a mystery,” the Assam MP said.
The BJP has said that Gandhi’s visit will not help the situation in the state and that he only wants to gain political benefits from the crisis.
Gogoy, deputy leader of the House of Representatives, also pointed out that the parliamentary session is coming.
“We want concrete answers from the government in Parliament. We also demand accountability from the state government. We want to go beyond the drama and rhetoric put on by Chief Minister N Biren Singh,” he said.
In a scathing attack on the BJP, Gogoy claimed it was only concerned with protecting the corrupt and taxing the poor.
“They’re using the whole Northeast as an ATM, as a way to make money, as a way to offer contracts to companies that go public in the name of (the leaders’) wives, brothers, sons . . . was the only modus operandi,” he alleged.
Kumar, who accompanied Gandhi on his visit to Manipur state last week, said in his speech that the former Congress leader was the only national leader to travel to a state hit by violence, meet its people and ask questions of the governor.
“During Gandhi’s visit, we saw Manipur’s Chief Minister perform. BJP has a lot of good actors. Biren Singh made three appointments with the governor and then got the people of his own constituency to ask him not to resign,” Kumar said.
“The Chief Minister also claims that external forces have interfered in Manipur, if that is the case, why is National Security Adviser Ajit Doval not going there,” he asked.
He also claimed that there was a “conspiracy” by the BJP to only allow Gandhi to visit the Kuki community relief camp in Churachandpur instead of going to Moran, where there was a Meitei camp, but he thwarted all these efforts and went there.
Gogoy warned against destabilizing the northeast, citing skirmishes between police in Assam and Meghalaya.
He said that after about two decades of efforts to achieve peace and return to normal in the Northeast, the situation is now regressing from the initial state.
He said people in the region generally felt alienated and isolated, especially in Manipur.
Gogoy also warned against attempts to destabilize the country’s northeast and divide the people there, saying it would have serious implications for the country’s territorial integrity.
Gandhi was on a two-day visit to Manipur state last week and called for peace, saying “violence is not the solution”.
On the last day of his visit, he also met Governor Anusuya Iki, members of civil society groups and victims of violence in relief camps.
The Congress Party claimed that the BJP and its “divisive politics” were responsible for the current situation in the state.
Racial violence in Manipur has killed nearly 120 people and injured more than 3,000 since May 3.
