NB Twitter Scan | 'Manipur conflict is Congress legacy': BJP's hard-hitting facts at grand old party

At a time when Congress is targeting the central government over the Manipur issue saying the violence has been rising in the state under the current BJP government, now BJP has shared a comparative graph and unleashed a brutal attack on Congress. Taking social media, BJP's Amit Malviya slammed the grand old party saying, 'The current conflict in Manipur is a legacy of the Congress party.

 

 

 

The BJP leader shared a comparative graph of casualties in the north-east under the Modi government and the previous regime. The graph shows a downward curve in the killing of civilians and security forces in the state ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government came to power at the Centre.

 

“Pitting one ethnic group against the other was the only way Congress knew how to remain in power,” said BJP’s Amit Malviya, who also asked Congress “lecturing on violence in Manipur” to check their track record.

 

 

 

BJP’s response comes amid Congress-led Opposition disrupting the Parliament’s Monsoon Session, urging for urgent discussions on the ethnic violence in Manipur. On Thursday, the first day of the Monsoon Session, both the Houses – Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – were adjourned amid uproar by the Opposition parties seeking a discussion on the deteriorating state of affairs in Manipur.

 

 

 

The Parliament has been witnessing noisy scenes after a two-month-old video of two women from the Kuki community being paraded naked went viral on social media on July 19.

 

Violence erupted in Manipur on May 3 during a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’, that was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

 

Meiteis account for about 53 percent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley, while tribals, which include Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and reside mostly in the hill districts.

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