Bengaluru, July 28, 2023 (PPI-OT): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on Manipur violence, saying that he knows that his ideology has “burned” the northeastern state. According to Kashmir Media Service, Rahul Gandhi addressing the Indian Youth Congress’s (IYC) convention via video conferencing in Bengaluru from Kerala also hit out at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party and said they only want to grab power without bothering about the pain and sufferings of the people.
He said, “All of you have seen what has happened in Manipur and what is happening there. And you will be surprised that the Prime Minister has not said a word about Manipur.” He said that the Prime Minister of the country must speak when a state is burning. “You must have felt that the Prime Minister should have visited Imphal and met people there. If there was any other Prime Minister from earlier times, they would have spoken to the people for sure,” he said.
Slamming the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi said, “All of you are surprised why the Prime Minister is not visiting Manipur or speaking about it. It’s because he is the Prime Minister of a select few and the RSS.” “He knows that his ideology has burned Manipur but the pain and sorrow of the people of Manipur and the scar on the women of Manipur does not move Modi,” he added.
He said there is a fight of ideology going on in the country. “On one hand, there is RSS and BJP’s ideology and on the other is Congress’ ideology. There are parties in Opposition, but the fight is between the ideology of the Congress and of the BJP and the RSS.” The Congress leader said the institutions and the country belong to every individual of every caste, religion and everyone should be protected and there should be brotherhood.
“The BJP and the RSS want power. For power they can do anything. They can burn any state whether it is Manipur and others like UP, Haryana and Punjab because they need power,” he said.
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