Days after being reinstated as Lok Sabha MP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited his parliamentary constituency in Kerala’s Wayanad on Friday. Addressing a gathering here, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur. The Congress leader said that despite being in politics for 19 years, he had never witnessed what he experienced when he went to Manipur.
Rahul Gandhi recounted emotional encounters with Manipuri women, vividly portraying their tragedies. He recounted the sorrowful story of a mother who had lost her son in a brutal incident, leaving her with only a picture as a reminder. He spoke of another woman who couldn't bear to recall her painful experience and fell unconscious.
"There is blood everywhere, there is murder everywhere, rape everywhere. That is the situation in Manipur and the Prime Minister spoke for 2 hours, 13 minutes in Parliament, but he spoke on Manipur for 2 minutes. He laughed, joked. His cabinet laughed, joked...," Rahul Gandhi said.
The Congress leader said that thousands of people in Manipur have suffered.
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