After a delegation of the opposition alliance INDIA visited the violence-hit Manipur and called on Governor Anusuiya Uikey to submit a memorandum on their observations during the two-day visit, the BJP asked the opposition not to politicise the issue.
Politics should not be done over the Manipur issue, BJP leader Sambit Patra said on Sunday, adding, "action should be taken with sensibility and there should be no sensationalisation."
The BJP leader alleged that the opposition is running away from an open debate in the Parliament on the issue, and accused them of disrupting the proceedings. "From tomorrow, politics will begin again. Their strategy will be to disrupt the Parliament. When the home minister visited Manipur for three days, he called an all-party meeting there and had deliberations with them. He called an all-party meeting in Delhi too. For the first time in the country's politics, the home minister stayed for three nights in a northeastern state where insurgency was common earlier. But the opposition MPs went there only to do politics," he said, reported news agency ANI.
He sought to know why the Congress, which was in power in Manipur earlier, did not fence the 400 km-long border between Manipur and Myanmar. "It is our government that did a complete survey; 10 km of fencing has been done and work is underway on the 80 km area. Why was this not done earlier."
"None of their home ministers went to Manipur even for a day for discussion at the time when around 1,600 people were killed during their rule; when there was Naga-Kuki clash, when there was Meitei-Pangal clash, when there was Kuki-Paite clash," he said, and claimed that the opposition is only interested in politicising the issue.
Govt not taking strong steps, say oppn leaders
The delegation of 21 MPs of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) who returned to Delhi after spending two days in Manipur said the situation in the state is very serious.
"There is fear and uncertainty in the minds of the people of Manipur. The situation in Manipur is very serious," leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
"Uncertainty is looming large in Manipur. Thousands of people have been dislodged from their homes. They do not know when they will return to their homes. Farming has come to a halt," he said.
"I do not know how the division between the Kukis and Meiteis will be bridged. No strong steps are taken by the government, be it the central government or the state government," he said.
"I think there is a complete loss of faith in the Manipur CM (N. Biren Singh). Common people and masses are no longer supporting the Manipur CM," said TMC leader Sushmita Dev after the visist.
RJD MP Manoj Jha dubbed the situation in the state "dangerous."
"We want peace to be restored in Manipur. Our only demand is that both communities should live in harmony. The situation in Manipur is dangerous," he said.
