IMPHAL, (IANS): Congress President Mallikarjun
Kharge on Tuesday sought the intervention of
President Droupadi Murmu to restore peace, and normalcy and make
constitutional machinery functional in Manipur.
Kharge
in a letter to the President claimed that both the Union and the state
governments have completely failed in restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur
during the last 18 months leading to the people of the state having apparently
lost confidence in both the governments.
“With
every passing day, the people of Manipur are becoming insecure on their own
soil. Their home turf has witnessed their infants, babies, children and women
getting mercilessly killed. With no succour coming from the governments
involved, they are finding themselves completely isolated and helpless for more
than 540 days now,” the Congress President said.
Earlier
a delegation of Congress leaders – Manipur state Congress President Keisham
Meghachandra Singh, party MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and AICC Member Ningombam
Bupenda Meitei accompanied by Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh and AICC
in-charge for northeastern states Girish Chodankar discussed the Manipur issues
with the Congress President.
Kharge
said that after the ethnic violence broke out in Manipur in May 2023, despite
the demand of the people of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not
visited the state despite he and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi
visited the state on a number of occasions.
Explaining
the Manipur situation, the Congress leader told the President that due to the
ethnic strife, businesses are closed down, jobs are getting lost, professionals
have left their own homes, essential food items, medicines, essential
commodities are in scarcity, national highways are blocked, schools and
educational institutions are shut down, internally displaced persons are dying
of suicide in relief camps.
“Manlpur
and its people are suffering silently, which in turn has taken a huge toll on
the mental health of the entire population,” he said.
Besides
killing over 300 people in the riot, internally displaced nearly a lakh people
rendering them homeless and forcing them to live in different relief camps,
Kharge stated.
