Rajya Sabha confirms imposition of President's rule in Manipur

The Rajya Sabha early Friday adopted a Statutory Resolution confirming the imposition of President's Rule in strife-torn Manipur with members across party lines supporting the decision. Even though opposition members slammed the Centre for its failure to restore law and order in the state and control violence, the government said it was making all efforts to bring normalcy in the state, asserting that its policy was not to impose President's Rule in states like Congress used to do.. Speaking at the end of the discussion on the resolution, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said a meeting between the two communities from Manipur is likely to take place in the national capital soon. He said that after the resignation of N Biren Singh, no party proposed a government, and in that situation, it was decided that a President's Rule would be imposed. Shah pulled TMC for adopting double standered on the issue of abuse against women."There was nothing in West Bengal, and hundreds of women were abused in Sandeshkhali. Your government did nothing... And a person of your own party was behind it whom you had to suspend... We support neither, but you cannot have double stands," Shah alleged.

#WATCH | Delhi: While speaking on Manipur in the Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "... I don't want to politicise this sensitive issue... Derek O'Brien raised the issue of abuse against women in Manipur. There was racial violence, and both communities were against… pic.twitter.com/QCWA7hAs4P

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Earlier, Opposition parties attacked the government over its failure in controlling violence in BJP-ruled Manipur and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the strife-torn state at the earliest and help restore the law and order situation there.They also demanded a thorough inquiry into the violence and a white paper tabled in Parliament.The opposition also blamed former state chief minister N Biren Singh for the collapse of law and order in Manipur. It demanded that the election process in the state be restored, saying President's rule is not a remedy.