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Manipur: Manipur visit: Rahul not messiah of peace but political opportunist, says Amit Malviya | India News
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NEW DELHI: Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to Manipur, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Thursday said the senior Congress leader was not a “messiah of peace, just a political opportunist, who wants to keep the pot boiling.”
“Not once did Rahul Gandhi visit Churachandpur in Manipur between 2015-17, to meet the victims of ethnic violence, that raged following Congress CM Okram Ibobi Singh Govt’s decision to pass three Bills – the Protection of Manipur People’s Bill, 2015, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015, and Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015, which were seen by the people of Churachandpur district, comprising mostly of Paites and Kukis, as ‘anti-Tribal’, and a ‘conspiracy’ by the majority Meitei community to grab Tribal land,” the tweet read.
Malviya said that nine young men were shot dead and the protesting communities refused to cremate them for two long years.
“Why didn’t Rahul Gandhi visit Manipur then? He is no messiah of peace just a political opportunist who wants to keep the pot boiling. His visit to Manipur is not borne out of concern for people but his own selfish political agenda. There is a reason no one trusts either him or the Congress,” Malviya alleged.
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy was stopped by the Manipur police at Bishnupur, about 20 kilometres from Imphal, officials said.
After arriving at Imphal, he was travelling in a convoy to Churachandpur to visit relief camps in the area.
Police officials said the convoy was stopped fearing violence along the route.
They said that tyres were burnt on the highway near Utlou village in Bishnupur district and a few stones were thrown at the convoy.
“Not once did Rahul Gandhi visit Churachandpur in Manipur between 2015-17, to meet the victims of ethnic violence, that raged following Congress CM Okram Ibobi Singh Govt’s decision to pass three Bills – the Protection of Manipur People’s Bill, 2015, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015, and Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015, which were seen by the people of Churachandpur district, comprising mostly of Paites and Kukis, as ‘anti-Tribal’, and a ‘conspiracy’ by the majority Meitei community to grab Tribal land,” the tweet read.
Malviya said that nine young men were shot dead and the protesting communities refused to cremate them for two long years.
“Why didn’t Rahul Gandhi visit Manipur then? He is no messiah of peace just a political opportunist who wants to keep the pot boiling. His visit to Manipur is not borne out of concern for people but his own selfish political agenda. There is a reason no one trusts either him or the Congress,” Malviya alleged.
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy was stopped by the Manipur police at Bishnupur, about 20 kilometres from Imphal, officials said.
After arriving at Imphal, he was travelling in a convoy to Churachandpur to visit relief camps in the area.
Police officials said the convoy was stopped fearing violence along the route.
They said that tyres were burnt on the highway near Utlou village in Bishnupur district and a few stones were thrown at the convoy.
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