Manipur Not India For PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi In No-Trust Speech

In his first speech in Lok Sabha after being reinstated as an MP, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on PM Modi on the issue of ethnic strife in Manipur.

Rahul Gandhi tore into the Centre on the issue of Manipur violence ( Image Source :Screengrab from Lok Sabha TV )

Delivering his speech during the no-trust motion in Lok Sabha for the first time after he was reinstated as an MP, Rahul Gandhi went all guns blazing on Prime Minister Modi on the issue of Manipur violence and said the Prime Minister did not consider Manipur a part of India. He said Prime Minister Modi had not been to the state even as he had been there.

"A few days back, I went to Manipur. Our PM didn't go, not even to this day, because for him Manipur is not India. I used the word 'Manipur' but the truth is that Manipur does not remain anymore. You have divided Manipur into two. You have divided and broken Manipur," he said.

In a fierce attack on the Centre which raised a storm in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi said, "They killed India in Manipur. Not just Manipur but they killed India. Their politics has not killed Manipur, but it has killed India in Manipur. They have murdered India in Manipur."

"Bharat ek awaaz hai, Bharat hamari janta ki awaaz hai, dil ki awaaz hai. Uss awaaz ki hatya aapne Manipur mein ki. Iska matlab Bharat Mata ki hatya aapne Manipur mein ki...You killed India by killing the people of Manipur. You are a traitor, you are not a patriot." he added.

 

Recalling a conversation he had with a woman during his visit to the strife-torn state, he said he was informed that a woman's only son was shot dead during the strife and she spent the entire night with his corpse.

 

This was Rahul Gandhi's first speech in Parliament after he was reinstated as the member of Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court stayed his convicted in the Modi surname case. The case was filed by a BJP leader and Rahul Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for two years, following which he was disqualiied from Lok Sabha.