PM Modi does not want to douse fire in Manipur, alleges Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi once again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the violence in Manipur saying that he was amazed that the PM was laughing in Parliament.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday yet again launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the violence in Manipur, which has claimed the lives of at least 152 people, alleging that the PM refuses to stop the fire in the strife-torn state. Politics should be put aside and the Prime Minister should speak not as a politician but he should speak on behalf of the people," the former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi told reporters at a press conference here.

"The Prime Minister refuses to stop the fire. There are clear reasons why the Prime Minister is not going there (to Manipur)," Rahul Gandhi said. The Gandhi scion was responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mammoth two hours and 13-minute speech in the Lok Sabha in reply to the No-Confidence Motion against the Council of Ministers, which was eventually defeated. The Prime Minister had launched a blistering attack on the Congress and blamed the grand old party for the situation in the northeastern state.

"The Prime Minister ridiculed the state. It is tragic to watch Narendra Modi. He is my representative. The speech was not about India, it was about Narendra Modi," added the Member of Parliament from the Wayanad constituency in Kerala. "The Prime Minister has power in his hand. He is doing nothing. The Prime Minister sitting in Parliament was shamelessly laughing. The issue was not Congress or me, the issue was what is happening in Manipur and why it was not being stopped," the Congress leader lamented.

The Gandhi scion said in his remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had "murdered Bharat Mata in Manipur". Hindustan has been murdered by BJP in Manipur, he further alleged. According to Rahul Gandhi, the Indian Army, in whom he has full faith, can bring peace in two-three days, but the Centre was not deploying it in the strife-torn state.

Rahul Gandhi had on Wednesday during his maiden speech in the Lok Sabha upon his return to the Lower House alleged that Bharat Mata was killed in Manipur by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.