From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said it has been 9 months since the unabated violence has devastated innumerable lives in Manipur, but PM Modi hasn’t had an hour to visit the state. Why?
In a statement, he regretted that the BJP’s “double engine” government has dealt several blows to the people of Manipur.
He last visited Manipur in Feb 2022, only to campaign for elections, and now has left the people of Manipur to fend for themselves.
More than 200 people have died since May 4, 2023. 60,000 people have been displaced.
Around 50,000 people continue to languish in relief camps in despicable conditions without adequate medical facilities and food. People have already lost everything — their homes, their livelihoods and their belongings. They can’t go anywhere. Their future is bleak.
According to some reports, over 80 people have died in camps in Churachandpur alone, due to trauma, malnutrition and illness. The Imphal camps are no better.
Whatever help is being provided in camps has come from collective efforts of good samaritans, NGOs, and not the State Govt, Kharge underlined.
Women and children are suffering because of complete apathy and neglect shown by the BJP.
Since January 1 itself, 10 people have died in renewed violence. Police trainees of two communities are shooting at each other. 7 have been injured.
On January 24, we witnessed, how an armed group coerced MPs/MLAs to attend a meeting at heavily guarded Kangla Fort where @INCManipur President was brutally assaulted and tortured.
PM Modi’s assurance to the people of Manipur in August 2023, in Parliament reverberates hollow!
There is no normalcy and peace in sight, Kharge added.
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