Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “miserably failing” to protect the people of Manipur and said the turmoil in the State is another stark addition to the long list of his “betrayals” of the people of India. Kharge alleged that it has been 16 months since Manipur has been engulfed in violence, but the BJP’s ‘double engine’ Government has done nothing to mitigate it. No measure has been taken which instils confidence among the people of all the communities to ensure peace and normalcy, he claimed.
“Why has the Manipur CM (N Biren Singh) made to brazen it out and has not been sacked by you? Is he not culpable in virtually paralysing the State machinery, and making obnoxious statements, now recorded in public domain?
A resignation drama was enacted to shamelessly dodge that bullet,” he said.
“Modi ji, why have you been so remorseless?
Why have you not bothered to set foot in the State? It is because of your ego that people of all communities are suffering. Your Government’s rank incompetency and shamelessness has not been able to start even a fundamental peace process!” Kharge said in his social media post.
