Congress leader Rahul Gandhi replied to Narendra Modi’s comments in the Parliament, saying that even though the Indian Army can put a stop to the ethnic violence in Manipur in two days, the Prime Minister is allowing it to happen to ‘burn’ the state.
In a press conference called by the Congress party on Friday, Rahul Gandhi called the situation in ethnic violence-hit Manipur ‘unprecedented’.
“I am in politics for about 19 years and I have visited almost all states, but what I saw and heard in Manipur is unprecedented,” he said.
He further accused the Prime Minister of being an accomplice to the violence due to his inaction, saying, “Indian Army can stop this nonsense [violence] in two days but PM wants to burn Manipur and does not want to extinguish the fire.”
He called on the Prime Minister to visit the north-eastern state, saying, “PM at least could go to Manipur, talk to communities and say I am your PM, let’s start talking but I don’t see any intention… The question is not whether PM Modi will become PM in 2024, the question is Manipur where children, people are being killed.”
When asked about his call to deploy the Army to contain the violence in Manipur, Gandhi said, “I have never heard or seen anywhere in India, never been told that if you take this person as a security officer with you, we will put a bullet in his head. I heard it twice in Manipur. That means there is no dialogue in Manipur, there is pure violence taking place in Manipur. The first step is to stop violence and put an end to it… What I mean is that the PM has multiple instruments in his hands, he is not using them. He is not doing anything and he is laughing…”
Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at PM Modi for dedicating most of the time of his two-hour speech in the Parliament to attacking the opposition instead of talking about the violence in Manipur.
“Yesterday the PM spoke in Parliament for about 2 hours 13 minutes. In the end, he spoke on Manipur for 2 minutes. Manipur has been burning for months, people are being killed, rapes are happening but the PM was laughing, cracking jokes. It doesn’t behove him…” he said.
“When the PM becomes a PM, he ceases to be a politician. He becomes the representative of the voice of the country. Politics should be put aside and the PM should speak not as a petty politician but the PM should speak with the weight of the Indian people behind him. It is tragic to watch Mr Narendra Modi, it is sad. The PM does not understand what he actually is…” Gandhi added.
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