PM Modi failed people of Manipur: Mallikarjun Kharge after imposition of President's rule

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the President's rule imposed in Manipur. 

Kharge said that suspending his own party's government is a direct admission that the Bharatiya Janata Party has failed the people of Manipur. "The imposition of President's rule by you, suspending your own party's government, is a direct admission of how you failed the people of Manipur," the Congress president stated.

In a post on X, Kharge termed the President's rule a constitutional 'crisis' in the state, claiming that the BJP's MLAs are unwilling to accept the baggage of the government's incompetence.

Further sharpening his attack on the BJP, he said that despite 11 years of rule at the centre and 8 years at the state, the central government imposed presidential rule in Manipur.

"It is your party that has been ruling at the Centre for 11 years. It is your party that was ruling Manipur for 8 years. It is the BJP that was responsible for maintaining law and order in the state. It is your government that is responsible for national security and border patrol," Kharge said on X.

"You have imposed President's rule not because you wanted to, but because there is a constitutional crisis in the state, as none of your MLAs are willing to accept the baggage of your incompetence," he added.

Taking a further dig at BJP's "double engine' government (government at the centre and state), he said, "Your double engine ran over the lives of the innocent people of Manipur!"
He pointed out the need to listen to the pain and trauma of the suffering 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 questioned.

He said that the people of the northeastern state will not forgive Prime Minister Modi and the BJP.

Meanwhile, security has been heightened in the capital city of Imphal on Friday in the wake of the president's rule imposed in Manipur amid prolonged ethnic violence and political instability in the region.

President Droupadi Murmu imposed President's Rule in Manipur on Thursday after receiving a report from the state governor.

The move comes days after N. Biren Singh resigned from his position as the Chief Minister of Manipur on February 9. His resignation came amid violence and political instability that had plagued the state for nearly two years.