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‘The working style (has to change). Central forces (in Manipur) must actively support the state government’s initiatives and help convince the original tribal people that the (state) government is not against them’
Days after the Manipur crisis failed to find a place in the President’s address to Parliament, newly elected Inner Manipur MP A Bimol Akoijam late Monday came all guns blazing against the BJP-led NDA government for “ignoring” the strife-torn state.
In his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the continuing Manipur conflict and said the BJP “has been making every effort to restore peace in the strife-torn Northeastern state”.
With the Congress-led Opposition continuing to target the BJP-led NDA dispensation over its handling of the Manipur crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that his government has been making every efforts to restore peace in the strife-torn Northeastern state.
Days after highlighting the Manipur crisis among other issues duringhis speech in the Lok Sabha while participating in the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi is all set to visit the troubled Northeastern state on Monday.
With the Congress-led Opposition continuing to target the BJP-led NDA dispensation over its handling of the Manipur crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that his government has been making every efforts to restore peace in the strife-torn Northeastern state.
ACKNOWLEDGING that the state and the Centre have not met the “expectations” of the public in Manipur, state Chief Minister N Biren Singh said this was reflected in the BJP’s defeat there in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections. Accepting responsibility for that defeat — Congress won both seats — he said, in an interview to The Indian Express, that it was time for him to work with “even more conviction.”
The two seats of Manipur do not have any major influence in shaping national outcomes in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the Congress winning these seats, both of which were formerly held by the National Democratic Alliance, is a significant political consequence of the ongoing ethnic conflict in the state.