New Delhi: Speaking on the no-confidence motion on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah questioned the rationale of Rahul Gandhi's indulgence in 'petty politics' just to settle scores against the BJP and assured the House that the Centre is committed to bringing normalcy in the state which has seen maximum incidents of ethnic clash during Okram Ibobi-led Congress government's 15-year rule in the state.
During his long winding speech peppered with historical records about ethnic violence in Manipur over five decades, Shah devoted nearly 30 minutes discussing about the nature of the Northeastern state's ethnic flare-ups and its blood tryst with insurgency over the long span of time. On the floor, he also made an appeal "with folded hands to both Meitei and Kuki communities to shun violence and hold talks with the government."
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"We all have seen how Rahul Gandhi took the lead in fueling fire to the already raging fire. Manipur has a history of ethnic violence which has traditionally swept the sensitive state. The atrocities against women in Manipur are condemnable but is doing politics over a video which was filmed on May 4 but was preserved to release just before the Monsoon session justified?" Shah asked.
He further said during the Okram Ibobi Singh-led Congress government's time, nearly 2000 people were killed in Manipur. "Earlier Manipur saw 1.5 years of Naga-Kuki clash during the Cong regime. Over 700 people were killed and 45,000 were displaced. Did anyone demand Prime Minister's statement then?," the Home Minister questioned.
“The Prime Minister has given new hope to the poor of this country. Nowhere in this country is there a whiff of no-confidence. There is not a no-confidence in the PM and this government in the country. People have complete faith in PM. This no-confidence motion has been brought only to create a delusion... This no-confidence motion is politically motivated," Amit Shah said while participating in the debate on No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha. Amit Shah further said that after independence, it is the only PM Modi led-government which has won the trust of most people in the country and added that PM Modi is the most popular leader who works tirelessly for the welfare of the people. “After Independence, PM Modi's govt is the only one which won the trust of most of the people. PM Modi is the most popular leader among the public...PM Modi works tirelessly for the people of the country. He works continuously for 17 hours a day, without taking a single leave. People trust him”, the Home Minister said in the House. Amit Shah said that this no-confidence motion will show the real character of the Opposition in the country.
He said the Opposition has moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government only to create a delusion despite having a majority in the House and termed it as 'politically motivated'. Amit Shah said that this no-confidence motion will show the real character of the Opposition in the country. MP Gaurav Gogoi began the discussions after the Congress party tabled the motion of no confidence in the Lower House on Tuesday. The Congress said that it was forced to move the motion against the government in order to break PM Narendra Modi’s “maun vrat” (vow of silence) on Manipur. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing his second no-confidence motion in Parliament today, the first in his second term as the PM. Manipur had been on the boil for the last three months after ethnic clashes broke out between two tribal communities Meitis and Kukis, when the Manipur High Court asked the state government to consider adding one of the communities to the list of Scheduled Tribes.
