In her letter on Saturday, a replica of which she shared on Twitter, the DCW chief additionally urged the BJP chief to lengthen monetary help to Valte from the “party’s funds.”
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Saturday mentioned she has been to see Manipur’s BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte who’s present process medical remedy right here and has even requested party chief J P Nadda to go to the lawmaker.
In her letter on Saturday, a replica of which she shared on Twitter, the DCW chief additionally urged the BJP chief to lengthen monetary help to Valte from the “party’s funds.”
Manipur authorities spokesperson and Information and Public Relations Minister Sapam Rajan had on Thursday dismissed media stories that claimed that the state authorities had not taken medical care of Valte after he was injured in an assault within the preliminary days of the continued ethnic strife that broke out in May.
“We took care (of him) and regularly got updates on his health condition, even after he was discharged from the hospital. The government condemned the incident. BJP state president Sarda Devi and minister Th Basanta Singh also met him in a hospital in Delhi,” he mentioned.
Maliwal additionally shared video clips from her go to, through which she could be seen interacting with a bedridden Valte, who was attacked within the ethnic clashes in Manipur.
“As you may be aware, Shri Vungzagin Valte, a sitting MLA from Manipur, from your party, was subjected to a brutal attack during the recent ethnic violence in the state,” Maliwal wrote within the letter.
She requested Nadda to go to Valte “at the earliest.”
“Additionally, considering the substantial financial burden the MLA’s family is facing, I earnestly appeal to you to extend financial assistance from the party’s funds for his ongoing medical treatment,” she wrote.
Manipur has been racked with ethnic violence since May 3 with the bulk Meitei group, concentrated within the Imphal valley, and the Kukis, occupying the hills, locked in a bloody battle over a problem of id.
More than 160 individuals have been killed within the violence thus far.
