In a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress party on Tuesday iterated that "outsourcing" Manipur to Union Home Minister Amit Shah is an abdication of prime ministerial responsibility, demanding the PM to visit the strife-torn state immediately. The party's attack comes after PM Modi greeted the people of Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur on their statehood day early today. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh wrote, "The formerly non-biological - and now suddenly human - Prime Minister has just sent greetings to the people of Manipur on their Statehood Day through social media. Yet, he has stubbornly refused to visit Manipur even briefly ever since its agony began on May 3, 2023." "He has gone all over the world but has not found the time nor the inclination to reach out to the people of the state in Imphal and other places," Ramesh added. Modi has stubbornly refused to meet MLAs of his own party in the state and has not had a one-on-one meeting with the CM, nor has he met with MPs, political leaders, and civil society organisations of the state, Ramesh said in his post. The formerly non-biological - and now suddenly human - Prime Minister has just sent greetings to the people of Manipur on their Statehood Day through social media. Yet, he has stubbornly refused to visit Manipur even briefly ever since its agony began on May 3, 2023. He has gone… — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 21, 2025 "His Statehood Day greetings are hollow and reflect his hypocrisy - which knows no limits," the Congress leader claimed. "The Congress demands that he visit Manipur immediately. This is the very least he can do to show his concern if he has any. Outsourcing Manipur to the Union Home Minister is an abdication of Prime Ministerial responsibility and has proved disastrous," Ramesh wrote. The Opposition party has been attacking the prime minister for not visiting Manipur along with slamming the Centre for its handling of the situation in the northeastern state. Last week, the Congress, launching a vitriolic attack on the PM, said that he has found time, inclination and energy to go all over the world but has not seen it necessary to reach out to the distressed people in the northeastern state. More than 220 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
