Manipur Violence: SP demands President's rule in Manipur in all-party meeting, read who said what
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The Samajwadi Party demanded President's Rule in Manipur in an all-party meeting.
In view of the non-stop caste violence in Manipur these days, Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened an all-party meeting at Delhi Parliament House on Saturday in which leaders of various political parties including BJP, AAP, Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left parties participated.
Samajwadi Party demands President's rule in Manipur
Sources informed that the Samajwadi Party demanded President's Rule in Manipur in the all-party meeting. On the other hand, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that PM Modi should look into the Manipur violence.
No faith in the person running the administration in Manipur - RJD
After the all-party meeting on Manipur, RJD MP Manoj Jha said that it was discussed with an open mind, we all expressed our opinion. There is distrust (of people) in the political leadership there and this has been raised by all the opposition parties. We said that there is no faith in the person who is running the administration. If you have to restore peace, you cannot do it with such a person.
It is sad that the PM did not say a word on Manipur - DMK
On the other hand, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva said that we have raised our concerns regarding Manipur. 100 people have been killed and around 60,000 have been displaced. The saddest thing is that the Prime Minister did not even say a word on this. An all-party team should be sent to Manipur to ascertain the situation there properly. The Home Minister has assured us.
An all-party delegation should be sent to Manipur - TMC
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien has demanded on behalf of his party that an all-party delegation be sent to Manipur within a week. The central government has so far ignored the matter. This matter has to be addressed if peace and harmony are to be restored there. Manipur is in a dangerous situation and the central government has failed miserably.
Congress said- PM should break the silence, Manipur's pain is the country's pain
Former Manipur CM and Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh, who was present at the all-party meeting, said that when I started giving my suggestions, I think Home Minister Amit Shah did not want to listen. I also said that this is not the time to do politics on the issue as there is a need to bring normalcy in the state.
After an all-party meeting on Manipur, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that Manipur was burning in the month of June in 2001 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. After that Manipur returned on the path of peace, peace and development, the main reason for this was that Ibobi Singh (former Chief Minister of Manipur) gave a stable government there for 15 years. Since May 3, we have been demanding that the Prime Minister should say something on this.
He further said that it would have been better if the all-party meeting was held in Imphal so that a message would go out that the pain of Manipur is the pain of the country. There are different militant groups who have weapons. We demand that weapons be withdrawn from all militant groups without any discrimination. As long as N. There is no possibility of change in Manipur till Biren Singh remains the Chief Minister, he should resign. The Chief Minister himself has accepted that he could not handle the situation, in such a situation it is impossible for him to continue as the Chief Minister.
CPI targeted for not being invited to the meeting
The CPI on Saturday hit out at the government for not inviting the party to an all-party meeting on the Manipur situation, saying it showed the insensitive attitude of the home minister. CPI General Secretary D Raja in a tweet said that CPI is a recognized party which is making significant contribution to peace building and harmony in Manipur.
Home Minister assured to discuss the suggestions of opposition parties- BJP
On the all-party meeting, BJP leader Sambit Patra said that all political parties had sent their representatives in the all-party meeting. All the political parties put their themes in a positive manner. After listening to all the representatives, the Home Minister has assured to discuss the suggestions of the opposition parties. The present delegation of all political parties also agreed that it has never happened before today that a Home Minister had spent three days at the place of riots.
