New Delhi: After the three hour-long all-party assembly chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on violence hit Manipur, the Congress as soon as once more questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and likewise demanded the resignation of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. Addressing a press convention on the occasion headquarters right here, former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who attended the assembly, stated: “Today Home Minister organised one meeting about Manipur at national level. I was there as a Congress representative. This is most unfortunate on my part that they are not giving time. I started thanking Shah for organising this meeting after a gap of 50 days and said that we hope that this type of meeting will be appropriate if the Prime Minister chairs it.”
He stated that he thought Manipur regardless of being a small state is strategically essential because it shares borders with different international locations too. Taking a swipe on the Prime Minister, Ibobi Singh, who’s the CLP chief within the Assembly, stated that even now, he has not made a single tweet or expressed one phrase even after 50 days, when Manipur is burning.
“Why he has not mentioned a single word for Manipur?” Meanwhile, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that it’s saddening {that a} Chief Minister who ruled the state for 15 years didn’t get enought time to talk throughout the three hour lengthy assembly as he received solely seven to eight minutes.
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“If someone knows Manipur well, it is Ibobi Singh and he is still a MLA. Manipur was burning in 2001 June, when Atatl Bihari Vajpayee was Chief Minister and after that Manipur came back to track as Ibobi Singh gave a stable government. And out of three hours meeting giving only 7-8 minutes is saddening and disrespectful,” the COngress chief stated.
Maintaining his occasion`s eight-fold calls for, Ramesh stated: “This all-party meeting should have been chaired by the Prime Minister, who has not said a single word on Manipur in the past 50 days. This all-party meeting would have been better if it had been chaired by the Prime Minister and had been held in Imphal. This would have sent a clear message to the people of Manipur that their pain and distress is also a matter of national anguish.” He additionally demanded that every one armed teams have to be disarmed instantly with none compromise.
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Hitting out on the BJP-led authorities in Manipur, he stated: “The Chief Minister should be replaced immediately as the state government has failed miserably in providing effective governance when it has been needed most. The Chief Minister himself has admitted publicly twice his failure to handle the situation and deal with the crisis. He has also asked for forgiveness of the people.”
He additional stated that on March 11, the Chief Minister unilaterally withdrew the state authorities`s dedication to the tripartite Agreement on Suspension of Operations with sure militant teams claiming to be upholders of Kuki pursuits. “This move of his was later rejected by the Union Home Ministry but by then enough damage had been done. This is one glaring example in a series of blunders,” the Congress chief stated.
The Congress chief additionally demanded that the unity and territorial integrity of Manipur shouldn’t be compromised with in any method, whereas grievances of each neighborhood have to be heard and addressed sensitively.
He additionally requested the Central authorities to make sure that steps are to make sure availability of important commodities by preserving the 2 nationwide highways open and safe always and a bundle of aid, rehabilitation, resettlement, and livelihood for the affected folks have to be ready immediately.
Ramesh stated that the aid bundle introduced is grossly insufficient. The remarks from the Congress leaders got here after the all-party assembly was chaired by Union Home Minister right here to debate the state of affairs in Manipur and what steps the federal government has taken.
