By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday termed the all-party assembly convened by Home Minister Amit Shah on the Manipur state of affairs as “too little, too late,” and mentioned efforts to deliver warring factions to the dialogue desk will lack seriousness if they’re carried out sitting in Delhi.
Congress common secretary KC Venugopal mentioned all the nation expects a critical intervention from the Union Government.
“Any effort for peace must take place in Manipur, where the warring communities are brought on the discussion table and a political solution is arrived at. This effort will lack seriousness if it is done sitting in Delhi,” he mentioned on Twitter.
After 50 days of loss of life and destruction in Manipur, he mentioned, “Home Minister Amit Shah’s call for an all-party meeting is too little, too late”.
The authorities solely wakened after Sonia Gandhi’s tackle to the folks of Manipur, he mentioned.
Shah has known as an all-party assembly on the state of affairs in Manipur on June 24.
“At the outset, the PM’s absence from such a serious meeting shows his ‘cowardice’ and ‘unwillingness’ to confront his failures. Even when multiple delegations sought meetings with him, he had no time for them,” the Congress chief alleged.
Noting that the Home Minister himself has presided over this case and made no progress, he mentioned in reality issues have “worsened” since his go to.
“Can we expect genuine peace under his stewardship,” he requested.
“Moreover, the continuation of the partisan state government and non-implementation of President’s Rule is a travesty,” Venugopal charged.
The Congress has been looking for the Centre’s instant intervention in bringing peace to the northeastern state which has been struck by violence since May 3.
The get together has additionally blamed the alleged divisive politics of the BJP for the present state of affairs in Manipur.
Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts on May 3 to protest towards the Meitei group’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
So far, almost 120 folks have misplaced their lives and over 3,000 are injured.
Shah had additionally visited the state for 4 days final month and met a cross-section of individuals in his efforts to deliver again peace within the northeastern state.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday termed the all-party assembly convened by Home Minister Amit Shah on the Manipur state of affairs as “too little, too late,” and mentioned efforts to deliver warring factions to the dialogue desk will lack seriousness if they’re carried out sitting in Delhi.
Congress common secretary KC Venugopal mentioned all the nation expects a critical intervention from the Union Government.
“Any effort for peace must take place in Manipur, where the warring communities are brought on the discussion table and a political solution is arrived at. This effort will lack seriousness if it is done sitting in Delhi,” he mentioned on Twitter.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
After 50 days of loss of life and destruction in Manipur, he mentioned, “Home Minister Amit Shah’s call for an all-party meeting is too little, too late”.
The authorities solely wakened after Sonia Gandhi’s tackle to the folks of Manipur, he mentioned.
Shah has known as an all-party assembly on the state of affairs in Manipur on June 24.
“At the outset, the PM’s absence from such a serious meeting shows his ‘cowardice’ and ‘unwillingness’ to confront his failures. Even when multiple delegations sought meetings with him, he had no time for them,” the Congress chief alleged.
Noting that the Home Minister himself has presided over this case and made no progress, he mentioned in reality issues have “worsened” since his go to.
“Can we expect genuine peace under his stewardship,” he requested.
“Moreover, the continuation of the partisan state government and non-implementation of President’s Rule is a travesty,” Venugopal charged.
The Congress has been looking for the Centre’s instant intervention in bringing peace to the northeastern state which has been struck by violence since May 3.
The get together has additionally blamed the alleged divisive politics of the BJP for the present state of affairs in Manipur.
Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts on May 3 to protest towards the Meitei group’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
So far, almost 120 folks have misplaced their lives and over 3,000 are injured.
Shah had additionally visited the state for 4 days final month and met a cross-section of individuals in his efforts to deliver again peace within the northeastern state.
