BJP chief says Congress sensationalising Manipur situation, blames previous governments for violence

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of “sensationalising the situation in Manipur”, and alleged that previous Congress governments in the North East were responsible for the ongoing violence in the state.

Nadda made the assertions in a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. On Tuesday, Kharge had written to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention to bring about peace and alleging that the Union and state governments had completely failed to curb violence in Manipur.

Nadda, however, claimed on Friday that previous Congress governments legitimised the “illegal migration of foreign militants” into India, and signed treaties with them.

“Furthermore, these known militant leaders – fleeing their country to avoid arrest – were wholeheartedly endorsed and encouraged to carry on their destabilising efforts,” the BJP chief alleged.

Nadda claimed that due to this, militant groups were now attempting to destroy the “hard-won peace in Manipur”.

The BJP chief said that under previous Congress governments, Manipur witnessed “one of its bloodiest periods in history”, and that thousands were killed and lakhs displaced because of violence.

Nadda claimed that the BJP, unlike the Congress, would not allow Manipur to be pushed back into the “age of anarchy”.

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