New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged President Droupadi Murmu to immediately intervene into the ongoing unrest in Manipur.
In a letter to Murmu, Kharge said, “Both the Union Government and the State Government of Manipur have completely failed in restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur during the last 18 months and the people of the state have apparently lost confidence in both the governments”.
He said that the people of Manipur are becoming insecure on their own soil and with ‘no succor coming from the governments, they are finding themselves completely isolated and helpless for more than 540 days now’.
The Congress President said that the “People of Manipur have also lost their faith in Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of the state”.
He mentioned that bot he and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi have visited Manipur several times, but the Prime Minister has not visited the state. “But the refusal of the Prime Minister to visit Manipur is beyond anybody’s understanding”.
“I consider that it has become constitutionally imperative on part of yourself, Hon’ble Madam, as the President of Republic of India and the custodian of our Constitution to uphold the constitutional propriety and immediately intervene to ensure the protection of lives and properties of our own citizens in Manipur, as enshrined in the Constitution.
I am confident that, through your intervention of your esteemed Office, the people of Manipur will again live peacefully in their homes in security with dignity,” Kharge said.
