The ongoing all-party meeting on Manipur has ended. An all-party meeting was called in Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Trinamool Congress has taken a dig at this meeting. The Trinamool Congress questioned whether the government was ‘trying to turn Manipur into Kashmir’. It demanded sending an all-party delegation to violence-hit Manipur. In a statement issued for the all-party meeting, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool accused the Center of “ignoring” the needs of the people of Manipur. Trinamool was represented in this meeting by Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien.

Official sources told It is likely that Derek read part of this statement at the meeting. Leaders of BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, Left parties and other parties participated in the meeting. In this statement, the Trinamool Congress presented the events related to the violence and told that a seven-year-old child, his mother and another relative, who was going to the hospital after being shot, were allegedly burnt. Trinamool Congress said that this is just one story. There are thousands of such heart wrenching stories. Manipur is in dire straits and the central government has failed miserably.

Entire Northeast affected due to Manipur

Trinamool Congress said that when When Manipur is burning, Assam is affected, Meghalaya is affected, the entire Northeast is affected. The whole country was affected. Is the Central Government trying to convert Manipur into Kashmir? The party said that people have lost their lives in the state, students are unable to appear for exams, patients are affected, people are living in fear, there is a state of helplessness, fear and despair among the people. He said that more than houses were attacked and destroyed, People displaced, Internet services suspended since day which is violation of Supreme Court’s decision.

constitutional machinery in the state completely stalled

The Trinamool Congress alleged that the constitutional machinery has come to a complete standstill in the state. The Trinamool also said that Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Manipur was also delayed as it happened four weeks after the violence began. The party said Shah only “went to camps and met a select few”. Trinamool said that they did not meet the people on the streets who have been affected, who are living in shock. The three-day visit of the Home Minister did not bring any improvement in the situation. In fact the situation worsened after that. The party said that its leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sought permission to visit Manipur but did not get any response from the Home Minister.

6000008061Parliamentary Committee on Home Department Demand to call an immediate meeting of Demanded to convene an immediate meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the Home Department to discuss, but the chairman of the committee replied that ‘it is difficult to discuss the subject that has been raised’. The Trinamool Congress demands that an all-party delegation be sent to Manipur within a week to instill confidence in the people of Manipur and heal their wounds, the statement said.