Opposition members of the parliamentary standing committee walked out of a meeting on Thursday after their demand to discuss the situation in Manipur was denied by the panel chief.
Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien, and Congress' Digvijaya Singh and Pradip Bhattacharya were among those who walked out. The opposition leaders바카라 웹사이트submitted letters to panel chairman Brijlal, saying as committee members they cannot ignore the situation in Manipur.바카라 웹사이트Earlier too, O'Brien and Singh had written to Brijlal urging him to hold a meeting to discuss the situation in Manipur.바카라 웹사이트
The members had gathered for a meeting바카라 웹사이트with state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana on the subject ‘Prison – Conditions, Infrastructure and Reforms’.”바카라 웹사이트The chairperson had informed both MPs separately the inability to hold meetings urgently on the Manipur situation, as three meetings on prison reforms have been scheduled for July.바카라 웹사이트A total of seven members, including the chairman, attended the meeting.
Nearly 120 people have died and more than 3,000 injured in the ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3.
Opposition parties have criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the issue and바카라 웹사이트blamed “the divide and rule politics of the BJP government at the Centre and in the state for having failed to contain the violence in Manipur”. In a letter dated June 19, the opposition바카라 웹사이트stated that despite Union Home Minister Amit Shah라이브 바카라 visit to the state, “peace is hard to come by”.
바카라 웹사이트The Congress demanded that Prime Minister Modi hold an all-party meeting as the first one was convened under Home Minister Amit Shah.바카라 웹사이트
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the primary responsibility of any state government is law and order and to protect the life of its citizens. "I think the governments both in the state and at the Centre have failed to do that," he alleged.
