Anurag Thakur stated that when the delegation returns from Manipur, the members of the crew “will not allow Parliament to function”.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that the visit of members of opposition bloc INDIA to Manipur was a “mere show-off”.
After arriving at Kolkata on Saturday morning, the senior BJP chief alleged that when Manipur used to burn beneath earlier governments, these visiting the northeastern state now didn’t utter a single phrase within the Parliament.
“When Manipur used to remain shut for months, they had not spoken a word,” he stated.
Thakur stated that when the delegation returns from Manipur, the members of the crew “will not allow Parliament to function”.
“In this context, my request to Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is to bring the same delegation to West Bengal, where atrocities are happening against women,” he stated.
“Does the Congress oppose the way the Mamata Banerjee government is holding on to power through killings?” he added.
He requested whether or not the INDIA bloc will visit Rajasthan the place “crimes against women are taking place” and submit experiences on West Bengal and Rajasthan.
A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached Imphal on Saturday to assess the state of affairs in ethnic strife-torn Manipur. The crew will visit a number of reduction camps to meet victims of the ethnic clashes that broke within the northeastern state on May 3.
Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes since early May between the bulk Meitei group, concentrated within the Imphal valley, and the Kukis, occupying the hills. Over 160 folks have been killed within the violence thus far.
