New Delhi, July 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Leaders of several opposition parties staged a protest in Indian Parliament complex demanding of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to make a statement in the House on the parading of two Christian women naked and gang rape by a Hindu mob in Manipur. Holding placards and banners that read “INDIA for Manipur” and “INDIA demands PM’s statement on Manipur”, the opposition parties raised slogans against the BJP government in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex in New Delhi.
Speaking to reporters, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said it is the prime minister’s duty to make a comprehensive statement in Parliament on Manipur violence. “It is shameful that the prime minister is making a statement outside the House, when Parliament is in session. It is his duty to make a comprehensive statement inside Parliament on Manipur violence,” the Congress leader said.
“We are requesting the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of Lok Sabha that the PM should make a statement on the situation in Manipur. We want a discussion under Rule 167 but the Modi government wants a short duration discussion under Rule 176 for half an hour. We want under Rule 267 under which there can also be voting,” he said. The Modi should first make a statement and then we will have a discussion under Rule 267, he said Meanwhile, the Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Narendra Modi is a champion of “distortion and diversion” and tends to defame others because of his own “insecurities”.
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