In Kerala, an MLA of the opposition Congress party kept a ‘maunvrat’ for 33 hours in protest against the absence of any statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur violence. Congress MLA Mathew Kujhalanadan started a ‘maunvrat’ for 33 hours on Saturday morning in his Muvattupuzha assembly constituency in Ernakulam district to protest against Modi’s silence on the Manipur issue. After breaking his fast on Sunday, the Congress MLA said that the Prime Minister has kept silence on what is happening in Manipur. Everyone in the country is seeing his silence on what is happening there as his consent.