Leaders of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “failure to respond to the ethnic conflicts in Manipur” and demanded an apology from him to women across the country over the ‘horror video’ of two women being stripped and paraded in public in the strife-torn North-eastern State.
At a press conference held in Andhra Ratna Bhavan on Friday, APCC working president Sk. Mastan Vali said while people across the world watched in shock the mindless violence in Manipur which had remained tense since early May, resulting in hundreds of people fleeing their homes, the BJP governments in that State and at the Centre remained indifferent to the magnitude of the problem.
Referring to the “disturbing” footage of the women being paraded naked in public, the Congress leader said that Mr. Modi had spoken merely for 30 seconds about the incident in Parliament, which reflected his scant regard for women and the people being victimised in that State.
