Arrest is just face-saver, says Priyanka Chaturvedi on Manipur incident

Raising questions over Police action in the nearly threemonthold video of two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday said that the arrests in this case is just a facesaver to show that there exists a law and orderShe also said that the police are taking action only after the video went viral and not after an FIR was lodged in the matter on May 18The FIR was lodged on May 18 and it was a zero FIR Im sure that the police had this video but from May 18 till this date we are sitting idle without taking any action on it Now they have taken action because the video has been leaked and got viral Shiv Sena UBT leader saidShe said Biren Singh himself stated yesterday that around 100 FIRs similar to this have been registered so far what about the other 100 women and their FIRsNow the arrest in this case is just a facesaver to show that there exists a law and order Chaturvedi saidHowever as per the latest development four people including the main culprit have been arrested in the matterPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning took note of the distressing video while addressing the media ahead of the beginning of the monsoon session of parliamentHe said that he is pained over the incident and said the incident is shameful for any civil societyNo accused will be spared we will never forgive those who are behind this the Prime Minister saidThe incident also rocked the Parliament Monsoon sessions first day with proceedings of both Houses affectedWith the Opposition members in both Houses adamant about a discussion on Manipur the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day while the Rajya Sabha was adjourned twiceThe Upper House was first adjourned till 12 noon following obituary references and then till 2 pm over the Opposition demanding a discussion on the Manipur situationAmid similar bedlam the proceedings in the Lok Sabha were suspended till 2 pm following obituary referencesAmid continued chants and sloganshouting from the Opposition benches the Lower House was adjourned for the day laterOpposition members demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi issue a statement in the Lower House adding that the government should suspend all other listed businesses and discuss the situation in ManipurThe government said it was willing to discuss Manipur for a short durationDemanding a detailed discussion on Manipur in the Rajya Sabha Trinamool Congress MP Derek OBrien said We want a discussion on Manipur PM Modi has to open his mouth on ManipurHe added that the discussion on the prevailing state of affairs in the Northeast state should be conducted under the 267 ruleThe second day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament commenced at 11 am However proceedings in both houses were adjourned within half an hour following protests by opposition MPs over their demand for a discussion on the situation in Manipur by suspending other business of the dayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever