CONGRESS SETS CENTRE RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE IN MANIPUR

NEW DELHI, May 9, 2023 (TBINN) Congress today said the Centre cannot escape its responsibility over the violence in Manipur.

Congress’ general secretary Jairam Ramesh, while citing a report quoting the chief justice of India said that in light of what the C.J.I. has said it’s astonishing what a single judge of Manipur High Court did, triggering such a human tragedy! But the ideological brotherhood, its henchman in Manipur, and his masters at the Centre cannot escape their responsibility, Ramesh said on Twitter.

Jairam cited a news report that quoted C.J.I. saying the High Court does not have power to direct changes in Scheduled Tribes list and asked why a Constitution Bench verdict of 2000 noting that courts do not have power to add or subtract the S.T.-List was not shown to the Manipur High Court.

Concerned over the huge loss of life and property, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Manipur government to step up relief and rehabilitation efforts for those hit by ethnic violence in the North-eastern state, besides protecting places of worship, many of which were targeted during the mayhem.

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