'Being An MP From Northeast, You Should Have Thanked PM Modi': Rijiju Slams Gaurav Gogoi, Cong In Lok Sabha

PM Modi earned the trust of the eight Northeast states by working for them, according to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.

Union Minister & BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi stating that "being an MP from Northeast you should thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi." Earlier today, Gogoi in the Lok Sabha stated that PM Modi has decided to remain mute in the Parliament over the Manipur violence thus necessitating the introduction of a no-confidence motion to elicit a response. “Why did he not visit Manipur to date? Why did it take almost 80 days to finally speak on Manipur and when he did speak it was just for 30 seconds? Why has the Chief Minister not been sacked the Manipur CM so far?," Gogoi had asked.

In response to the allegations, Rijiju stated: "Before 2014, many people from the Northeast faced racial discrimination and atrocities in Delhi and other major cities of the country. After 2014 the situation changed, and the DGP conference was held in Guwahati for the first time after independence. During this meeting, the PM directed that police must ensure the security of people from the Northeast."

PM Modi has earned the trust of the eight Northeast states by working for them, according to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Parliament."Working for people and understanding their issues is how we can reach them. PM Modi won the trust of the people living in the eight Northeastern sates that way. Insurgency has been brought down, and every region brought to mainstream," Rijiju said. 

Slamming the no-confidence motion, Union Minister stated: "No-confidence Motion set to fail. The opposition parties will regret bringing this No-confidence Motion at a wrong time and in a wrong manner." 

"Working against the country and calling themselves (opposition) the I.N.D.I.A. This will not be tolerated in our nation, India," he further stated.

No-Confidence Motion

Since the start of the monsoon session of Parliament on July 20, members of the opposition have been agitating for a discussion in the Rajya Sabha under Rule 267.

Manipur has been tense for three months as a result of ethnic confrontations between the Meities and the Kukis, two tribal clans. The conflict erupted after the Manipur High Court ordered the state administration to consider adding one of these clans to the Scheduled Tribes list.