Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, a member of the visiting delegation, has demanded an inquiry into the Manipur violence by a retired Supreme Court judge. According to RJD leader Manoj Jha, everyone’s top priority is to establish peace. TR Balu, the head of the DMK, planned to visit the location to find out the mistake.
21 ‘India’ MPs go for Manipur; they will spend two days in violence-affected areas and relief camps
A delegation of 21 MPs from constituent parties of the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (India) left for Manipur today i.e., on Saturday. They will go there and assess the ground situation. During the delegation’s two-day journey, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi urged that a retired Supreme Court judge investigate the violence that occurred. RJD leader Manoj Jha said’, Making peace is everyone’s priority. TR Balu, the head of the DMK, promised to visit the area to ascertain the exact location of the mistake that occurred.
While leaving for Manipur, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant said, “Manipur has been burning for the last 75 days. Atrocities and deaths against women in the state will only tarnish the image of the country. The government should have taken action in this situation.
We shall meet the people of Manipur, JDU MP Rajeev Ranjan Singh remarked. The state has been burning for several months and there is a need to restore peace. The Prime Minister is speaking on all issues except Manipur. To analyze the situation there, we spent time in Manipur for two days.
Members of the Delegation
Besides Gogoi, the delegation included Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TMC’s Sushmita Deb, JMM’s Mahua Manjhi, DMK’s Kanimozhi, D Ravikumar, NCP’s Mohd Faizal, RLD’s Jayant Choudhary, RJD’s Manoj Kumar Jha, KK Suresh, RSP’s NK Premachandran and VCK KT Thirumavalavan, JDU’s Rajeev Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Anil Prasad Hegde, CPI(M)’s Sandosh Kumar, AA Rahim, SP’s Javed Ali Khan, IUML’s Mohd Bashir, AAP’s Sushil, Uddhav faction’s Arvind Sawant and Congress that flowers.
BJP playing with the honor of women: Rahul
At the same time, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, in the greed of power, the BJP is playing with the respect of women and the self-respect of the country. Sharing a video on Facebook, he targeted the central government. The video airs incidents like the brutality of two women in Manipur, parading them naked, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers, murder of a woman in Uttarakhand, in which BJP leader’s son has been named as an accused.
Opposition desists from the provoking situation in Manipur: BJP
Criticizing the visit of the opposition parties to Manipur, the BJP said that they should desist from worsening the situation in Manipur. The party alleged that after the ruckus in Parliament, the opposition is now trying to create a ruckus in the state. Former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he had no problem with opposition leaders visiting the violence-hit Manipur, but they shouldn’t inflame the situation there. BJP MP Ravi Kishan taunted that he would like to go to Pakistan and China as well.
MP Ramkripal Yadav called the visit of opposition MPs a drama. He said that he kept running away from discussions in the House and is now trying to take advantage of the situation.
Anurag Thakur’s question on the opposition’s visit to Manipur
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur said, “The Manipur tour is a show-off by the opposition MPs. When he comes back from Manipur, I will request Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary to bring him to West Bengal. I want to ask Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary whether he agrees with the atrocities against women in Bengal, in Rajasthan where there are murders and crimes against women, the opposition did not go there. Will the Bharat alliance also go to Rajasthan?
