Kharge attacks Modi for ‘abject failure’ in ending Manipur violence

The violence, which was triggered in May last year, has escalated with the use of drones and rockets in attacks over the last week. A former soldier was killed after he accidentally crossed the “buffer zone” between the Meitei and Kuki areas late on Sunday night.

Kharge said former governor Anusuiya Uikey echoed Manipur’s people when she said they were upset and sad and wanted Modi to visit them. He said Modi has not spent a single second in Manipur over the past 16 months even as violence continues unabated in the state and people suffer the consequences of the “complicity” of the prime minister and Union home minister Amit Shah.

Kharge attacked Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh saying he has set a record in “shamelessly brazening out his rank incompetence” and reportedly demanded the transfer of the Unified Command to the state government to oversee security operations.