Manipur Crisis: Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh has blamed Congress for the unrest in Manipur that broke out in May 2023. This statement comes after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not visit Manipur and apologized to the people for the tensions. Singh’s statement came after Ramesh had mentioned the tensions on New Year’s Eve, following his apology to the people of the state..
Chief Minister stated that the past since of the Congress include repeated settlement of Myanmar refugees in Manipur and the signing of the SoO agreement with Myanmar based militants.
CM Biren Singh clarified that his apology was as sincere expression of grief for the displaced people and urging forgiveness the Manipur chief minister also questioned if former Prime Ministers P. V. Narasimha Rao and Inder Kumar Gujral had visited Manipur to apologize for past conflicts accusing the Congress of politicizing the issue instead of focusing on Solutions
