India's top opposition leader unleashed a strong condemnation Wednesday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for its failure to control bloodshed in a remote northeastern state that he said has been split in two.
Rahul Gandhi told Parliament that the army should have been able to stop the bloodshed already. But despite the presence of troops in Manipur, the violence has festered for over three months. More than 150 people have died in Manipur and over 50,000 people have fled in fear since clashes erupted in early May.
Gandhi accused the Modi government of killing the spirit of India in Manipur state by silencing people's voices. He also accused Modi of choosing silence while Manipur state burned creating a situation of civil war. Three weeks ago, Modi broke more than two months of public silence over the conflict in Manipur when he briefly spoke to reporters at the entrance of Parliament and condemned the mob assaults on two women in the state who were paraded naked -- but he did not directly refer to the larger violence. He has also not visited the state since the violence broke out.
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