'Manipur Situation Has Defamed India': BJP Leader Vinod Sharma Resigns From Party

"I have resigned from BJP with a heavy heart. Manipur situation has defamed India," said Bihar BJP leader Vinod Sharma.

BJP leader from Bihar Vinod Sharma resigns from party over Manipur issue.

Source : ANI

Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Bihar, Vinod Sharma on Thursday said he has resigned from the party over the situation in Manipur. The saffron party leader has sent a letter to the party president JP Nadda. "I have resigned from BJP with a heavy heart. Manipur situation has defamed India," said the party spokesperson media panellist Vinod Sharma. “No action has been taken for 80 days. I am feeling stigmatised by working in the BJP which pretends to love the nation, save the girl child and Indian 'Sanatan' culture,” Sharma stated in his letter. 

“If Prime Minister Modi had a little bit of humanity, he would have immediately sacked Chief Minister Biren Singh or would have resigned himself. Therefore, you are requested to accept my resignation immediately,” he added. 

VIDEO | "I have resigned from BJP with a heavy heart. Manipur situation has defamed India," says BJP leader Vinod Sharma after resigning from the party over Manipur issue. pic.twitter.com/QUwhrG92Tx

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Several Opposition parties including Congress have been cornering the Modi government over the issue of violence-hit Manipur. Countrywide outrage erupted after a video went viral on social media where a bunch of men could be seen parading two tribal women naked in Manipur’s Kangpokpi on May 4. The incident came just a day after the violence broke out in the northeastern state between Meiteis and Kukis over Meiteis demand for a reservation in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list. 

The Congress has been demanding a discussion in both the Houses of the Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session. Opposition parties have been stalling the proceedings of the House since the monsoon session started on July 20 demanding answers from PM Modi.

On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the Prime Minister is not speaking a word on Manipur because he knows that it’s his ideology which has burned Manipur. In a video message Gandhi said that PM Modi is the prime minister of the selected few people. The former MP called PM Modi "Prime Minister of the RSS”.

Gandhi said that people must be surprised as to why the Prime Minister is not going to Manipur. "All of you have seen what has happened in Manipur. All of you must be wondering why PM Modi has not said even a single word on the issue. All of you must have expected that in a situation where a state in the country is burning, the prime minister will definitely say something about it, Gandhi said in the video.