Past Cong govts responsible for ethnic clashes in Manipur: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held the past Congress governments responsible for the ethnic clashes in the hill state of Manipur.Accusing it of ruling by “spreading communal disharmony”, Himanta said clashes in Manipur were by and large due to the Congress party, which had been ruling the country with “vested interest.” Addressing the press conference in Guwahati on Monday, Sarma alleged that the first prime minister pandit Nehru appointed European born, Mr Verrier Elwin to advise the Government on North Eastern affairs. Cong’s blunders began from there. He said due to the wrong policies of the Congress dispensation, various disputes in the northeastern states remained unsolved.

Pandit Nehru appointed European born, Mr Verrier Elwin to advise the Government on North Eastern affairs. Cong’s blunders began from there.#CongBetraysNorthEast pic.twitter.com/8wykfoSYdY

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 8, 2023

“The Congress today brought a no-confidence motion in Parliament citing the ongoing violence in Manipur. Data suggests that 300 people in 1990 and 105 people in 2006 were killed in Manipur under Congress rule,” said the Assam chief minister.“The party has brought division among different communities of the region. Today Manipur is burning, and the Congress is solely responsible for it”, Sarma said. Pt Nehru was so afraid to send Indira Gandhi to Assam as he feared she will be kidnapped by the Chinese, he said.

Pt Nehru was so afraid to send Indira Gandhi to Assam as he feared she will be kidnapped by the Chinese. Not my words, but that of Pupul Jaykar, a Gandhi family friend.

Fault-lines in North East exist because Cong failed to build in constitutional safeguards when it was needed. pic.twitter.com/J4eCReJcSc

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 8, 2023

Sarma exposed Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and said he ran away from Tezpur when the Chinese Army invaded us.

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ran away from Tezpur when the Chinese Army invaded us. This man was made President by the Cong.#CongBetraysNorthEast pic.twitter.com/0BsA2PPPJe

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 8, 2023

Countering Congress’s claim that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Assam’s Kokrajhar district during the 2008 ethnic clashes, Himanta said, “He never visited the state during that period”. “Whether Nagaland or Manipur, the Congress has the record of fuelling widespread violence leading to “bloodshed”.