CM's statement strongly flayed
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, February 16 2014:
The State unit of the BJP and Manipur People's Party (MPP) have strongly condemned the reported statement of Chief Ninister O Ibobi Singh who had told a Delhi based media that the recent attacks on the North Easterners in the national capital are 'not racial assaults' .
In a press meet today in Imphal, BJP Manipur unit said Ibobi's statement is an insult to the people of the region.
The BJP said that Congress Lok Sabha MP from Manipur Dr Th Meinya had already brought up the issue in the Parliament recent while terming them as 'racial attacks' .
"Ibobi's statement shows that there is no co-ordination among the Congress party leaders as one say something and another leader says another thing," the BJP stated.
The saffron party asked the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister to meet the Union Home Minister at the earliest on the matter.
Joining in the condemnation, Manipur People's Party (MPP) said the Delhi incidents were racial attacks and no one denies about it except O Ibobi Singh.
The MPP also appealed to the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) to call off the proposed indefinite blockade in the best interest of the people irrespective of the hills and the valley.