Manipur violence: Kharge-led delegation to fulfill President Murmu; Congress slams PM Modi
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By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the newest violence in Manipur, saying a horrific tragedy is unfolding there whereas the PM is obsessed about his “self-coronation.”
A delegation led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge shall be calling on President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday morning regarding the situation throughout the state, in accordance with celebration primary secretary Jairam Ramesh.
He said 25 days after Manipur started burning, points turned from unhealthy to worse on the eve of the long-awaited go to of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Imphal.
“Despite Article 355 being imposed, there’s a total and complete breakdown of law and order and administration in the state,” Ramesh said on Twitter.
“It’s a horrific tragedy unfolding while the prime minister is obsessed about his self-coronation. Not a single appeal of peace issued by him nor has there been a genuine outreach to rebuild trust between communities,” he said in an apparent reference to the inauguration of the model new Parliament setting up by Modi.
Earlier throughout the day, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said nearly 40 armed militants involved in torching houses and firing at civilians have been killed by security forces since they began an operation to ship peace to the northeastern state beset by ethnic rioting.
Separately, law enforcement officials on Sunday said a minimal of two of us had been killed and 12 injured in a number of conditions of firing upon civilians and clashes between militants and security forces given that early hours of the day.
Ethnic clashes, which have claimed over 75 lives, first broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised throughout the hill districts on May 3 to protest in opposition to the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
The violence was preceded by stress over the eviction of Kuki villagers from reserve forest land, which had led to a sequence of smaller agitations.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and reside largely throughout the Imphal Valley.
Tribals Nagas and Kukis signify one different 40 per cent of the inhabitants and reside throughout the hill districts.
Around 140 columns of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles, comprising over 10,000 personnel, along with these from totally different paramilitary forces wanted to be deployed to ship once more normalcy throughout the northeastern state.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the newest violence in Manipur, saying a horrific tragedy is unfolding there whereas the PM is obsessed about his “self-coronation.”
A delegation led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge shall be calling on President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday morning regarding the situation throughout the state, in accordance with celebration primary secretary Jairam Ramesh.
He said 25 days after Manipur started burning, points turned from unhealthy to worse on the eve of the long-awaited go to of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Imphal.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Despite Article 355 being imposed, there’s a total and complete breakdown of law and order and administration in the state,” Ramesh said on Twitter.
“It’s a horrific tragedy unfolding while the prime minister is obsessed about his self-coronation. Not a single appeal of peace issued by him nor has there been a genuine outreach to rebuild trust between communities,” he said in an apparent reference to the inauguration of the model new Parliament setting up by Modi.
Earlier throughout the day, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said nearly 40 armed militants involved in torching houses and firing at civilians have been killed by security forces since they began an operation to ship peace to the northeastern state beset by ethnic rioting.
Separately, law enforcement officials on Sunday said a minimal of two of us had been killed and 12 injured in a number of conditions of firing upon civilians and clashes between militants and security forces given that early hours of the day.
Ethnic clashes, which have claimed over 75 lives, first broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised throughout the hill districts on May 3 to protest in opposition to the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
The violence was preceded by stress over the eviction of Kuki villagers from reserve forest land, which had led to a sequence of smaller agitations.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and reside largely throughout the Imphal Valley.
Tribals Nagas and Kukis signify one different 40 per cent of the inhabitants and reside throughout the hill districts.
Around 140 columns of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles, comprising over 10,000 personnel, along with these from totally different paramilitary forces wanted to be deployed to ship once more normalcy throughout the northeastern state.
