Where was PM Modi, asks Mahesh
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 21 2023:
Maintaining that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the whole country woke up on seeing a viral video of naked parading of two women by a mob, RPI-Athawale national secretary Maheshwar Thounaojam asked where was PM Modi for the last 78 days.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Friday in connection with the viral video of two women being paraded naked, Maheshwar demanded befitting punishment to everybody involved in the crime.
As a human being he strongly condemns the incident, Maheshwar said while expressing surprise that the whole country including PM Modi woke up from deep slumber only after the video went viral.
So far, the violence that began from May 3 has claimed over 140 lives and over 60,000 people got displaced.
With over 6000 FIRs registered in different police stations in different districts, the state had witnessed numerous gruesome murders including gouging eyes and slashing abdomen, beheading, burning alive, dismembering alive among others.
Many of such videos went viral in social media but those were not enough to wake up the country, which is very unfortunate, he said.
He also expressed suspicion on the timing of making the video viral as it surfaced one day ahead of the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament.
What is more shocking than the viral video is the way PM Modi broke his silence on Manipur violence by speaking a few words on the specific incident for a few seconds, he contended.