Holding unemployment, price rise, and divisiveness as the key issues governing the Parliamentary election in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre of keeping the Manipur issue burning to distract the country’s attention from real issues.
The violence in Manipur, which has been burning for almost a year now, would have ended had the Prime Minister called in the Indian Army. But it is in the interest of his government to keep the anger in society,’’ he said, addressing an election event by the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kottayam on Thursday.
He also sought to rebuff the NDA government’s claim of India becoming a superpower, pointing out that about 70 crores of its citizens are earning less than ₹100 per head a day. “How can we talk about being a superpower when our farmers are protesting and our youngsters are scrambling for employment,’’ he asked.
