PM Modi But Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha. He spoke on issues ranging from the NEET paper leak to the assault on a woman in Bengal. He also spoke openly on the Manipur violence.
PM Modi said that whatever elements are trying to add fuel to the fire in Manipur, I want to warn them to stop such activities, a time will come when Manipur itself will reject them, those who know the history of Manipur know that there has been a long history of social conflict here. President’s rule had to be imposed there 10 times. A similar series of events took place in 1993. Understanding all this history, we have to correct the situation, we want everyone’s cooperation.
‘The government is continuously making efforts to normalise the situation in Manipur’
PM said that ‘The government is continuously trying to normalize the situation in Manipur, 11 thousand FIRs have been registered there, more than 500 people have been arrested and we have to accept that the incidents of violence in Manipur are continuously decreasing and talks of peace are becoming possible’
‘Today schools and colleges are running in most parts of Manipur’
PM said- Today schools and colleges are running in most parts of Manipur. Offices are opening. Examinations have also been held in Manipur. The government is making efforts to find a peaceful and harmonious path. The Home Minister himself stayed there for several days. He went there repeatedly and worked to connect people. While talking about the flood situation in Manipur, PM Modi said, ‘The flood situation in the state is serious at this time and today itself two teams of NDRF have been sent there.’
During the reign of Congress, President’s rule had to be imposed in Manipur 10 times
He said, ‘President’s rule has had to be imposed 10 times in such a small state… there must be some problems. And this has not happened during our tenure, but still the kind of activities that are happening there to take political advantage…’ Modi said that this did not happen in the previous governments, but after the violence spread in Manipur, the Union Home Minister himself stayed in the state for several days and the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs stayed there for weeks and kept going there again and again and tried to connect the concerned people.