Govt failed to control Manipur ethnic strife; PM shows 'brazen indifference': Opposition bloc INDIA

Stating that the government machinery has completely failed to control the Manipur ethnic conflict which is lingering for nearly three months opposition bloc INDIA on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence showing brazen indifference to the ongoing situation in the northeastern stateIn a memorandum submitted to Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey the 21 opposition MPs who signed the document demanded urgent rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected people to bring peace and harmony to the stateFrom the reports of incessant firing and arson of houses in the last few days it is established beyond doubt that the state machinery has completely failed to control the situation for the last almost three months the memorandum readThe continued internet ban for the last three months is aiding the unsubstantiated rumours which is adding to the existing mistrust among the communities the Parliamentarians saidSilence of Honble Prime Minister shows his brazen indifference to the violence in Manipur they added in the memorandumThere is anger and a sense of alienation amongst all communities and it has to be addressed without delay they saidWe earnestly request you to restore peace and harmony taking all effective measures where justice should be the cornerstone In order to bring peace and harmony rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected persons is most urgent the MPs told the governorYou are also requested to apprise the Union government of the complete breakdown of law and order in Manipur for the last 89 days so as to enable them to intervene in the precarious situation in Manipur to restore peace and normalcy they addedThe document also stressed that the failure of both the central and state governments to protect the lives and properties of the people of the two communities is apparent from the figures of more than 140 deaths over 160 deaths as per official records over 500 injuries burning of more than 5000 houses and internal displacement of over 60000 peopleThe opposition delegation had arrived in Manipur on Saturday to assess the ground situation and meet victims of the threemonthlong ethnic riots in the stateOn the first day of their twoday whirlwind tour they visited several relief camps in Imphal Moirang in Bishnupur district and Churachandpur and met scores of victims of ethnic clashes from both the warring communitiesTalking about their visit the Parliamentarians said in the memorandum that they interacted with the victims taking shelter in the relief campsWe are indeed very shocked and sad to hear the stories of anxieties uncertainties pains and sorrows of the individuals affected by the unprecedented violence unleashed by both sides since the beginning of the clashes they addedThe memorandum highlighted that the condition in the relief camps is pathetic to say the least and special care needs to be taken for the kids on a priority basisStudents from different streams are facing uncertain future which has to be the priority of the state and the Union governments it addedLater sharing a copy of the memorandum on Twitter Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh slammed Modi and claimed that the anger anxiety anguish pain and sorrow of the people of Manipur make absolutely no difference to himWhile he is busy listening to his own voice and forcing down his Mann ki Baat on crores of Indians the 21 MP delegation of Team INDIA is talking about Manipur ki Baat with the Governor of Manipur Ramesh addedThe delegation members left for Delhi on Sunday afternoon after submitting the memorandum to the governorBesides Chowdhury and Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi the delegation included Sushmita Dev TMC Mahua Maji JMM Kanimozhi Karunanidhi DMK P P Mohammed Faizal NCP Chaudhary Jayant Singh RLD Manoj Kumar Jha RJD N K Premachandran RSP and T Thirumavalavan VCKJDU chief Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh and his party colleague Aneel Prasad Hegde CPIs Sandosh Kumar CPIMs A A Rahim SPs Javed Ali Khan IUMLs E T Mohammed Basheer AAPs Sushil Gupta VCKs D Ravikumar and Arvind Sawant Shiv SenaUBT and Phulo Devi Netam and K Suresh of the Congress were also part of the delegationMore than 160 people lost their lives and several hundreds were injured since ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 after a Tribal Solidarity March was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei communitys demand for Scheduled Tribe ST statusMeiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipurs population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley Tribals Nagas and Kukis constitute little over 40 per cent and reside in the hill districtsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever