New Delhi: Congress on Monday questioned Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s silence on the Manipur violence and demanded that an all-party delegation be sent to meet all the stakeholders in the crisis-hit north-eastern state.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh, along with Mukul Wasnik and Manipur and Mizoram in-charge Bhakta Charan Das said, “Two weeks since Amit Shah went to Manipur on a three-day visit and announced a series of measures, the state continues to burn.”
“Violence and arson continues in all peripheral areas where the two communities affected by the ethnic violence live. There is cross-firing in multiple districts. The National Highways NH-2 and NH-37 are still blocked with a serious crisis of non-availability of essential commodities.”
“Prime Minister Modi’s silence is questionable. Why has the Prime Minister not said anything whatsoever about Manipur since the 100th episode of Mann ki Baat? What happened to Manipur ki Baat?” Ramesh said, as per IANS.
He said, “Why has the Amit Shah’s appeal for 15 days of peace on May 30, 2023 completely failed.”
People of Manipur are asking if the Prime Minister can visit Odisha’s Balasore after the train accident, then why has not visited Manipur yet.
Ramesh, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP said that “as we speak, the Prime Minister is chairing a meeting over the cyclone situation.”
He should have gone there as it would have helped in managing the crisis better, he added.
