After a week of disrupting Parliament in protest against the government’s failure to address the situation in Manipur, more than 20 Opposition MPs from the INDIA parties will spend the weekend in the strife-torn State, visiting both the valley and hill regions on July 29 and 30.
On July 27, Opposition MPs — dressed in black as a sign of protest — again accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running away from a debate on Manipur on the floor of the House. Lashing out at the PM, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asked him to quit making political speeches in Rajasthan and speak in Parliament instead. “Today, people have become aware and they will fight and continue to do so...This means you do not want to talk in Parliament, the temple of democracy, and want to give a political speech in Rajasthan while opening new medical colleges,” he said, speaking to reporters outside Parliament.
