Imposition of President’s Rule has made no difference to Manipur, Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday, amid fresh violence in the State over the past 24 hours.
As violent protests erupted in Manipur over the arrest of a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, the situation remained tense on Sunday with the administration imposing prohibitory orders and suspending Internet services in five Imphal valley districts, the police said.
Hitting out at the government, Mr. Ramesh claimed that in February 2022, the BJP “engineered a majority for itself alone” in the Assembly election.
“But less than fifteen months later from the night of May 3, 2023, Manipur was made to burn. Hundreds of innocent men, women, and children were killed. Thousands were displaced. Places of worship were destroyed,” he said.
The Congress leader said the Union government set up a three-member Commission of Inquiry on June 4, 2023. The commission has been given repeated extensions to submit its report and the latest deadline is November 20, 2025, he noted. On August 1, 2023, Mr. Ramesh said, the Supreme Court observed that there had been an “absolute breakdown of constitutional machinery” in the State for the past two months.
