Manipur violence: You traitors have murdered Bharat Mata, RaGa slams BJP

On Day 2 of the debate on the noconfidence motion against the government Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a blistering attack against the BJP over the Manipur violence In retaliation Union minister Smriti Irani raked up several incidents of violence from the past alleging failures of the previous Congress governmentsDuring the debate Gandhi said the BJPrsquos politics had ldquomurdered Bharat Matardquo in Manipur where more than 160 innocent lives have been lost since May 3 He also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur and alleged that he does not consider the state to be part of India Gandhi said that during his visit to Manipur he met women and children at the relief campsldquoI asked a woman lsquoWhat happened with yoursquo She said lsquoMy small son only child was shot before my eyes I spent the whole night with the body of my child and then I felt afraid I left my housersquo In another camp he said he asked a woman the same questionmdashldquoWhat happened with yourdquo And she started trembling and faintedldquoTheir politics has not killed Manipur but killed Hindustan in Manipur By killing the people of Manipur you have murdered Bharat Mata you are not desh bhakts patriots but deshdrohis traitorsrdquo he saidPM Modi was not in the House when Gandhi spokeA caution from JDUSpeaking during the debate Janata Dal United MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh lsquoLalanrsquo cautioned that the Manipur unrest could spill over to Nagaland and Mizoram ldquoYou canrsquot take Manipur lightly Today the incident happened in Manipur tomorrow it will happen in Mizoram the day after it can happen in Nagaland and it will impact the whole northeastern border You are not understanding the seriousness of the matterrdquoTaking to Twitter Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questioned the total ldquobreakdown of constitutional machineryrdquo in the state Citing the Manipur policersquos FIR against the Assam Rifles he said ldquoThe accompanying shrill rhetoric from the Manipur CM and those who surround him makes it clear that therersquos growing mistrust between the BJP governments in the state and the CentrerdquolsquoFailure of Amit ShahrsquoCongress leader Gaurav Gogoi asked ldquoManipur Chief Minister Biren Singh is making serious charges against the Assam Rifles which is directly under Union Home Minister Amit Shah The failure to control Manipur is being increasingly put on the shoulders of Union Home Ministry Will PM Modi act or put party over nationrdquoThe debate over notrust against govtRahul Gandhi MP Congressgtgt Governmentrsquos politics has murdered the voice of India which means you have murdered Bharat Mata in Manipurgtgt You have sprinkled kerosene everywhere You have set fire to Manipur You are now trying the same thing in Haryanagtgt PM Narendra Modi has not visited Manipur because he doesnrsquot consider it part of Indiagtgt Indian Army can restore peace in Manipur in one day but government not using its servicesSmriti Irani MP BJPgtgt This is the first time in Parliamentrsquos history that someone talked about the murder of Bharat Mata and Congress leaders were thumping desksgtgt You Congress arenrsquot India because India isnrsquot corrupt India believes in merit not dynastygtgt Rahul Gandhi spoke of the voice of India Are the voices of Kashmiri Pandit exodus victims Girija Tickoo Sarla Bhatt and Sikhs massacred in 1984 not the voices of Indiagtgt Their Congress history is soaked in bloodModi developed northeast ShahSpeaking during the debate on the noconfidence motion against the government in Lok Sabha Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the previous governments did nothing for the Northeast ldquoPM Narendra Modi brought allround development in the regionrdquo he added On the violence he said ldquoWe are pained at the incidents of violence in Manipur As a society we are ashamedrdquolsquoMizoram educating 8000 refugee kidsrsquoOver 8000 children of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh and internally displaced people from strifetorn Manipur are receiving education in schools in Mizoram said its School Education Minister Lalchhandama Ralte Of the 8119 children 6366 students are from Myanmar 250 are from Bangladesh and 1503 are from Manipur he said Ralte said the students are receiving free school uniforms textbooks as well as midday meals like local pupils He said the Mizoram government is committed to providing education to these children who are from the Zo tribesThis 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