If PM Modi is angry about Manipur, he must dismiss the CM: Congress's Kharge

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was indeed angry about the Manipur situation, he could have dismissed Chief Minister Biren Singh first...

In a tweet, Mallikarjun Kharge said India expects the Prime Minister to make a statement on Manipur in Parliament on Friday...

"India expects you to make an elaborate statement in the Parliament, not just on one incident, but on the 80-day violence that your government in the state and the centre has presided upon, looking absolutely helpless and remorseless," he said...

If you were angry then instead of making false equivalence with Congress governed states, you could have first dismissed your Chief Minster of Manipur...

In his first public comments on the situation in Manipur, PM Modi on Thursday expressed pain and anger after a video of two women being paraded naked in the violence-hit state sparked widespread condemnation...

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