after prime minister Narendra Modi Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit back at the opposition’s India faction, saying the PM was trying to divert attention and said, “We are talking about Manipur, while he is talking about the East India Company.” Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted by saying, ‘We will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur.’
Earlier on Tuesday, while addressing the BJP’s parliamentary party meeting, PM Modi fiercely attacked Indian national development inclusive alliance (India) said, “From the conduct of the opposition, it seems that they have decided to remain in the opposition. We have to work in the interest of the people and move forward.”
Sources close to the developments also pointed out that the opposition parties are uniting in the name of their ‘India’, PM Modi hit back at them saying it is just an attempt to mislead the people.
Sources said that he named several organizations with the name ‘India’ – such as the East India Company and the Popular Front of India – to make it clear that simply having such a word in his nomenclature would not change anything.
Reversing Modi’s comments, LoP Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament said, “We are talking about Manipur, but the Prime Minister is talking about the East India Company.”
During this, Rahul Gandhi Tweeted, Modi ji, call us whatever you want.
We are India. We will help heal Manipur and wipe the tears of every woman and child. We will bring back love and peace to all his people. We will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur, he said
Some opposition parties, part of India allianceSources said on Tuesday that a notice of no-confidence motion against the government is likely to be brought in the Lok Sabha.
The proposal to hand over the notice was discussed in the meeting of constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Tuesday morning.
Sources said that after considering various options to force Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak in Parliament on the situation in conflict-torn Manipur, it was decided that this would be an effective way to force the government to initiate a discussion on the issue.