When Will Modi Govt Stop Acting Like All Is Well: Cong On Manipur Video

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The
Congress
on
Thursday
slammed
the
Centre
after
a
May
4
video
showing
two
women
being
paraded
naked
by
some
men
in
Manipur
surfaced
and
asked
when
will
the
Narendra
Modi
government
stop
acting
like
“all
is
well”.

The
party
also
sought
to
know
when
will
Manipur
Chief
Minister
N
Biren
Singh
be
replaced.
Congress
general
secretary
Jairam
Ramesh
said
it
has
been
78
days
since
a
full-scale
ethnic
violence
broke
out
in
Manipur
and
77
days
since
the
ghastly
incident
where
two
women
were
stripped,
paraded
and
allegedly
raped.

It
has
been
63
days
since
an
FIR
was
filed
against
unknown
persons
and
the
culprits
are
still
at
large,
he
said.
“The
rest
of
India
had
little
clue
that
such
a
horrific
incident
occurred
due
to
the
ongoing
Internet
ban
in
Manipur.
But
it’s
absolutely
inexcusable
that
the
Women
and
Child
Development
Minister
(Smriti
Irani)
waited
for
76
days
to
speak
to
the
Manipur
CM
or
even
issue
a
statement,”
Ramesh
said
in
his
long
Twitter
post.

“Was
the
Union
government,
the
home
minister
or
the
prime
minister
not
aware
of
this?
When
will
the
Modi
government
stop
acting
like
all
is
well?”
he
said.
The
Congress
leader
asked
when
will
the
Manipur
chief
minister
be
replaced.
He
also
sought
to
know
how
many
more
such
incidents
have
been
suppressed.

Manipur:
Govt
Orders
Twitter,
Other
Social
Media
Platforms
To
Remove
Naked
Parade
Video

“As
the
Monsoon
Session
(of
Parliament)
starts
today,
INDIA
will
demand
answers.
Break
your
silence
prime
minister!”
the
Congress
leader
said.
On
Wednesday
night,
Congress
leader
Rahul
Gandhi
also
hit
out
at
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
and
said
“INDIA
(opposition
coalition)
will
not
stay
silent
while
the
idea
of
India
is
being
attacked”
in
the
northeastern
state.

Gandhi’s
remarks
came
after
the
video
shot
on
May
4
surfaced
on
Wednesday,
showing
two
women
being
paraded
naked
in
ethnic
violence-hit
Manipur.
Police
said
a
case
of
abduction,
gang
rape
and
murder
has
been
registered
at
the
Nongpok
Sekmai
police
station
in
Thoubal
district
against
unidentified
armed
miscreants.
“We
stand
with
the
people
of
Manipur.
Peace
is
the
only
way
forward,”
Gandhi
tweeted.