Chidambaram blasts BJP for comparing Manipur to Rajasthan, West Bengal
Chidambaram has criticised the BJP for drawing parallels between Manipur and the states of Rajasthan and West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been bringing up recent cases of violence against women in the states of West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Bihar and questioning the “silence” of the opposition, which the opposition has referred to as a strategy for diverting attention.
Senior Congressman P. Chidambaram criticised the BJP on Sunday for equating the state of Manipur with those of Bihar, West Bengal, and Rajasthan and claimed that the northeastern state’s administration has “collapsed” while the federal government is in a “self-induced coma.”
The opposition has characterised the BJP’s “silence” as a diversionary ploy to avoid discussion of the situation in violence-plagued Manipur. The BJP has brought up examples of atrocities against women in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Bihar and questioned the “silence” of the opposition.
Since ethnic violence erupted in Manipur on May 3 as a result of a “Tribal Solidarity March” held in the hill regions to oppose the Meitei community’s quest for Scheduled Tribe (ST) designation, more than 160 people have died and numerous others have been injured.
Let’s admit that there were incidences of violence against women in Bihar, West Bengal, and Rajasthan, Chidambaram wrote in a lengthy Twitter message. How does that justify Manipur’s ongoing and unrelenting violence?
Are any Kukis still living in the valley? Are there still Meiteis living in Churachandpur and other Manipur hill districts? If reports are accurate, ethnic cleansing in Manipur is nearly finished, he claimed.
According to an objective evaluation, Manipur’s constitutional government has collapsed, according to Chidambaram.
He asserted that the chief minister’s and his ministers’ authority only extends to their residences and places of business.
“How can the conditions in Bihar, West Bengal, and Rajasthan be compared to those in Manipur? When the central government hides behind the smokescreen of detestable comparisons, it is not only incompetent and biassed; it is also heartless and cruel, the speaker claimed.
According to Chidambaram, severe action is undoubtedly needed in Bihar, West Bengal, and Rajasthan, therefore tell the state governments to take it. However, this does not justify the barbarism occurring in Manipur.
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