New Delhi, July 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram has said that that the government in Manipur has “collapsed” while Modi government in New Delhi is in a “self-induced coma”, hitting out at the BJP for comparing the situation in Manipur to that of Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan. In a long Twitter post, Chidambaram said, “Let’s admit that there were incidents of violence against women in Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan. How does that excuse the continuing and relentless violence in Manipur?” “Are there any Kukis left in the valley? Are there any Meiteis left in Churachandpur and other hill districts of Manipur?” the former home minister said.

If reports are true, ethnic cleansing is almost complete in Manipur, his said. On an objective assessment, there is a collapse of constitutional government in Manipur, Chidambaram asserted. The writ of the chief minister and his ministers does not run beyond their homes and offices, he said. “The central government has not only been incompetent and partisan, it is callous and cruel when it hides behind the smokescreen of odious comparisons,” he said.

“The government of Manipur has collapsed. The government of India is in a self-induced coma,” he said. More than 160 people have lost their lives, and several have been injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3 when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

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