Manipur horror: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the Central government is ready to have a discussion in Lok Sabha on May 4 incident in Manipur. The Union Minister also calimed that the Opposition is not serious about having discussion on Manipur violence.
‘We do want a discussion in Parliament’
"Manipur incident is definitely very serious and understanding the situation, PM himself has said that what happened in Manipur has put the entire nation to shame. PM has said that strictest action will be taken over the incident. We do want a discussion in Parliament over Manipur,” said Singh amid the uproar in Lok Sabha over the Manipur situation.
‘Opposition is not serious over Manipur’
“I had said this in the All Party Meeting and I reiterate this in the Parliament that we want a discussion in the House over Manipur. But I see that there are a few political parties that unnecessarily want to create a situation here so that the discussion on Manipur can't take place. I am clearly levelling allegations that this Opposition is not serious over Manipur as they should have been,” he added.
The controversy began after a video of two women being marched naked by a mob on May 4 in a Manipur village became viral. The Manipur Police on Thursday arrested four accused who were seen in the video, officials said. Police said a case of abduction, gang rape and murder has been registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district against unknown armed miscreants.
Opposition demands PM Modi's statement in Parlaiment
Meanwhile, the joint opposition has been demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the issue in Parlaiment. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make an elaborate statement in Parliament on the Manipur situation. Kharge said that PM Modi could have dismissed the state chief minister instead of making "false equivalence" with Congress-governed states if he was angry over the matter.
"Narendramodi ji, You did not make a statement inside Parliament, yesterday. If you were angry then instead of making false equivalence with Congress governed states, you could have first dismissed your Chief Minister Manipur," Kharge said on Twitter. "INDIA expects you to make an elaborate statement in Parliament today, not just on one incident, but on the 80-day violence that your government in the state and the Centre has presided upon, looking absolutely helpless and remorseless," the Congress chief also said.
Both the Houses were adjourned today amid uproar over the violence in Manipur as soon as the proceedings began. The first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament had also witnessed heated exchanges over the ethnic violence in Manipur and a video of two women being paraded naked in the northeastern state.
Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi said the incident of women being paraded naked in Manipur has shamed 140 crore Indians, asserting that law will act with its full might and no guilty will be spared.
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