NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal while speaking in the assembly on Thursday said that the entire world condemned the Manipur violence but Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept quiet.
The Delhi CM added that the incidents of violence in the northeastern state were painful but more painful was BJP MLAs walking out of Delhi Assembly over the issue.
Questioning PM Modi's 'silence' in face of 6,500 FIRs and over 150 killings in Manipur, Kejriwal said that the BJP MLAs are clearly saying that they don't have any relation with Manipur. "It's PM Modi's message that they don't have any relation with Manipur", he said.
Earlier, four BJP MLAs were marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly during its proceedings on Thursday for protesting against a discussion over the Manipur issue.
AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak began a short duration discussion over the violence in the northeastern state following which BJP MLAs got up in protest, saying issues related to Delhi should be debated in the house.
Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla questioned the BJP MLAs over their protest saying, "Do they feel that Manipur is not an issue to be discussed in the Assembly? The UP Assembly also discussed the Manipur issue."
The BJP MLAs continued their protest following which four of them -- Abhay Verma, Jitender Mahajan, Ajay Mahawar and OP Sharma -- were marshalled out of the House.
As the ruckus prevailed, Pathak said it was unfortunate the BJP did not want a discussion over the issue.
Led by Pathak, AAP legislators also raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(With inputs from agencies)
