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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday admitted that there have been incidents of violence against women in Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan. However, he lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government for comparing them with relentless violence in Manipur.
Chidambaram’s response comes a day after Union minister Anurag Thakur alleged that there was a long list of heinous crimes against women in states ruled by opposition parties such as Rajasthan, West Bengal and Bihar, but they were playing politics over the Manipur incident.
In a long Twitter post, Chidambaram wrote, “Let’s admit that there were incidents of violence against women in Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan. How does that excuse the continuing and relentless violence in Manipur?”.
“Are there any Kukis left in the valley? Are there any Meiteis left in Churachandpur and other hill districts of Manipur?If reports are true, ethnic cleansing is almost complete in Manipur,” he said.
“On an objective assessment, there is a collapse of Constitutional government in Manipur. The writ of the chief minister and his ministers does not run beyond their homes and offices. How can the situation in Manipur be compared to the situation in Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan?,” the Congress leader asked.
“The central government has not only been incompetent and partisan, it is callous and cruel when it hides behind the smokescreen of odious comparisons. If stern action is required in Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan, certainly instruct the state governments to take stronger action, but that does not excuse the barbarism that is taking place in Manipur,” he noted.
“The Government of Manipur has collapsed. The Government of India is in a self-induced coma,” concluded Chidambaram.
Thakur referred to some cases of crime against women registered in Rajasthan, Bihar, and West Bengal and slammed Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and the leaders of other opposition parties accusing them of remaining silenton cases of crimes against women in non-BJP ruled states.
“Over one lakh cases of crimes against women have been registered in Rajasthan in the last four years. A total of 33,000 cases pertaining to sexual assault on women in Rajasthan,” Thakur alleged.
Tension mounted in the hills of strife-torn Manipur after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a group of men from the other side.
Story first published: Sunday, July 23, 2023, 10:09 [IST]
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