New Delhi:
Union Sports activities and Youth Affairs minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday took a jibe on the Opposition events of the Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) delegation and requested why they’re working away from dialogue over the Manipur problem.
“We’ve got been prepared to debate the Manipur problem since day one. Union House Minister Amit Shah additionally invited a dialogue over the identical. My first query is why the Opposition is working away from this. Second, I wish to ask the opposition to share the experiences of their two-day go to to Manipur and participate within the dialogue,” mentioned Union Minister Thakur whereas talking to reporters.
Notably, the 21-member delegation of the grand Opposition alliance, on Saturday, arrived on a two-day go to to the state, which has seen ethnic strife and violence since Could 3.
The 21-member Opposition delegation from each Homes included Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi, Ok Suresh and Phulo Devi Netam of the Congress; Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh of the JDU; Sushmita Dev from Trinamool Congress; Kanimozhi from DMK; Sandosh Kumar of the CPI; AA Rahim from CPI(M), Manoj Kumar Jha of RJD; Javed Ali Khan of SP; Mahua Maji of JMM; PP Mohammed Faizal of NCP; Aneel Prasad Hegde of JDU, ET Mohammed Basheer of IUML; NK Premachandran of RSP; Sushil Gupta of AAP; Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena (UBT); D Ravikumar of VCK; Thiru Thol Thirumavalavan additionally of VCK; and Jayant Singh of the RLD
Moreover, Mr Thakur mentioned, “The Congress regime turned out to be a failure when hundreds of individuals had been killed in Manipur. At the moment, neither Indira ji (former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi), nor Rajiv ji (former PM Rajiv Gandhi) gave a press release on the identical. How come they (the opposition) are searching for a press release from us?”
“The Union House Minister had been in Manipur for 4 days. We took each attainable step to revive peace in Manipur. The opposition mustn’t unfold chaos to be able to stay within the limelight. It ought to participate within the dialogue relatively than do the politics”, mentioned Minister Thakur.
Talking on Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary’s remarks on Manipur violence, Mr Thakur mentioned, “Please be enlightened in the direction of the scenario of Bengal additionally. You need to battle elections from Bengal. I wish to ask him if ‘all is nicely’ in Bengal. They don’t have the time to hearken to the plight of girls in Bengal”.
Earlier, on Sunday, Mr Chowdhary mentioned that the state and the central governments turned a deaf ear to the plight of the individuals in Manipur.
Furthermore, Union Minister Thakur mentioned, “The parliament is functioning. I wish to request the opposition to come back to the parliament, participate within the dialogue, current their viewpoints and have the braveness to listen to the reality additionally”.
Considerably, for the reason that starting of the monsoon session of the parliament on July 20, the opposition MPs of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance have been searching for an elaborate dialogue and a press release from Prime Minister Modi over the Manipur problem. The federal government, however, says that it is able to maintain a dialogue over the identical.
The state has been witnessing an ethnic battle since Could 3 following the Excessive Courtroom’s order asking the state authorities to contemplate together with the Meitei group beneath the class of Scheduled Tribes (ST). the bulk group sought the ST standing to be able to buy lands within the hilly areas.
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