'Appeal For Your Invaluable Cooperation In Parliament': Amit Shah Writes To Opposition Leaders Over Manipur Issue

In reaction to the violence in Manipur, Home Minister Amit Shah remarked in Parliament that the administration is open to debate.

In response to the Manipur violence, Home Minister Amit Shah stated in Parliament that the administration is open to discussion, news agency ANI reported. Adressing the Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Shah stated: "I have written to the Leaders of Opposition in both Houses that the government is ready for a discussion on Manipur and urged them to create a conducive atmosphere for a discussion on this sensitive matter."

"Government not at all afraid to discuss Manipur issue," he asserted.

Taking to Twitter, Amit Shah stated: "Today, I wrote to the opposition leaders of both houses, Shri @adhirrcinc Ji of Lok Sabha, and Shri @kharge Ji of Rajya Sabha, appealing to them for their invaluable cooperation in the discussion of the Manipur issue."

Since the Monsoon session began on July 20, both Houses of Parliament have been repeatedly disrupted. The opposition parties have demanded that the prime minister make a speech in Parliament before discussing the ethnic violence in Manipur. However, the government has insisted that the home minister, not the prime minister, address the subject in Parliament.

Earlier, while speaking to reporters outside Parliament on the opening day of the Monsoon session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed "pain and anger" over an incident in which two women were displayed naked in the state, saying it had disgraced 140 crore Indians.

He had stated that anyone responsible for the "shameful" episode would not be spared and would face the full force of the law, regardless of who they were.

Modi also urged all chief ministers to bolster their states' law enforcement and take the most harsh measures possible, particularly in situations of crime against women. 

"Be it an incident in Rajasthan, be it an incident in Chhattisgarh or Manipur, in any corner of the country or any state ruled by anybody, the majesty of the law and dignity of women should be upheld," he said.

"I want to assure the citizens, no criminal will be spared. The law will take steps with its full might. What happened with our daughters in Manipur can never be forgiven," the prime minister had said.