NEW DELHI, Aug. 11, 2023 (TBINN)
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha replying to a no-confidence motion brought about by the Opposition, Congress’ leader Rahul Gandhi said that the P.M., instead of addressing the violence and deaths in Manipur, was cracking jokes and laughing in the Parliament as N.D.A. legislators indulged in sloganeering.
The Prime Minister wants Manipur to burn. I heard P.M. Modi speaking in Parliament. He was cracking jokes, laughing with M.P.s of N.D.A. sloganeering. It does not behove a Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi underlined while addressing a press conference in National Capital today.
I have been in politics for the last 19 years. I have been to all states. But have not seen what we witnessed in Manipur. Perhaps, I should say it now. When I went to the Meitei Area, we were told not to bring any Kuki as part of our security. We were told that Kukis would be killed if there is any Kuki in the Meitei Area. And a similar was the situation in the Kuki Area. So, Manipur has been divided into Kuki and Meitei. Manipur does not exist as a state. This is what I said in Parliament, the senior Congress leader explained.
Rahul Gandhi further lamented that Prime Minister has multiple instruments in his hand to control the situation in Manipur but he is not doing it. Instead, he is laughing in Parliament; he could have gone to Manipur, talk to the communities. When a person becomes P.M., he should not speak like a petty politician. It’s tragic to watch P.M. Modi speak for two hours on the Congress and Opposition. It doesn’t do justice to his position… The only conclusion I want to draw is that the P.M. has tools in hand but for some reasons, he refuses to use them… There are clear reasons why P.M. is not going to Manipur, Rahul said.
I am not seeking the Army’s intervention. All I am saying is that the Army can stop this in two days. It is not my position to say which tool P.M. Modi will use, Rahul added.
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