Manipur takes centrestage as Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah speak in Lok Sabha

The no-confidence vote debate in the Lok Sabha focussed on the violence-hit state of Manipur.

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   Launching a scathing attack on the BJP government over its handling of the Manipur crisis, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday called for the deployment of the Army in the violence-hit northeastern state. (PTI)

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   Rahul Gandhi also attacked PM Modi over the recent clashes in Haryana’s Nuh, saying “from Manipur to Nuh, you have set the entire country on fire.” (PTI)

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   Responding to Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani said Manipur was not broken as claimed by the Congress leader but an integral part of India. (PTI)

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   In his two-hour long intervention, a combative Amit Shah, also hit back at the Congress and spoke on a range of issues including on the several scams during the tenure of the Congress-led UPA, urged the opposition not to politicise the ethnic violence in Manipur that erupted on May 3. (PTI)

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   Leader of Opposition and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, speaking on the no-confidence motion against the Centre, in the Rajya Sabha questioned PM Modi's silence on Manipur violence. (PTI)

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   Speaking in Lok Sabha, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah asked the Narendra Modi government to spread "love", and not "hate", as it is the only way forward for the development of the country. (PTI)