Hitting back at the BJP for labelling the ongoing two-day visit of Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. to Manipur as "show-off" and "political tourism", Shiv Sena Party (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Raut, on Sunday said that sharing the pain of the country`s citizens is not a show-off and that it was the duty of Opposition to visit the strife-torn state, reported news agency ANI.

"(Since the ethnic clashes broke) neither the Prime Minister has visited the state, nor given any statement on it. Manipur is a part of the country, the people of the state are the citizens of India. If the Prime Minister does not visit the state, then it is our duty to go there," Sanjay Raut said while speaking to reporters.