Mallikarjun Kharge writes letter to President Murmu, seeks intervention in Manipur crisis

In a two-page letter, Kharge said “deliberate acts of omission and commission”, as well as inordinate inaction by the central and state governments, had “resulted in complete lawlessness, absence of rule of law, violations of human rights, compromise of national security and suppression of fundamental rights of citizens of our country”.

Kharge’s letter came a day after the Congress demanded the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah and Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh and an all party meeting on the situation in the state.

It “has become constitutionally imperative on part of yourself, Hon’ble Madam, as the President of Republic of India and the custodian of our Constitution to uphold the constitutional propriety and immediately intervene to ensure the protection of lives and properties of our own citizens in Manipur, as enshrined in the Constitution. I am confident that, through your intervention of your esteemed Office, the people of Manipur will again live peacefully in their homes in security with dignity,” the Congress chief said.