Coming down heavily on the NDA, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the imposition of President’s rule in Manipur is a direct admission of the failure of the BJP governments at the Centre and the state, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologize to the people.
In a post on ‘X’, he said there is a constitutional crisis in Manipur that forced the imposition of President’s rule.
“Narendra Modi ji, it is your party which has been ruling at the Centre for 11 years. It is your party which ruled Manipur for 8 years. It is the BJP which was responsible for maintaining Law & Order in the state.
“It is your government which is responsible for National Security and border patrol. The imposition of President’s rule by YOU, suspending YOUR own party’s government is a direct admission on how YOU failed the people of Manipur,” he said.
Kharge noted the government has imposed President’s rule not because it wanted to, but because there is a Constitutional crisis in the state, as none of the NDA MLAs are willing to accept the “baggage of your incompetence”.
“Your “Double Engine” ran over the lives of the innocent people of Manipur! High time you now step in Manipur and listen to the pain and trauma of the suffering people and apologise to them. Do you have the courage of conviction?” he asked in a series of posts.
The Congress chief said the prime minister can no longer deny his direct responsibility for the north eastern state.
President’s rule was imposed in strife-torn Manipur on Thursday and the state assembly put under suspended animation, days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned from his post that led to political uncertainty in the northeastern state.
The Manipur assembly has been put under suspended animation, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
N Biren Singh, who was heading the BJP government in Manipur, resigned as chief minister after nearly 21 months of ethnic violence that has claimed over 250 lives so far.