Asserting that the human tragedy unfolding in Manipur has wounded the conscience of the nation, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday issued an appeal for peace and urged the women to take the lead in restoring normalcy.
“For nearly 50 days, we have witnessed a great human tragedy unfolding in Manipur. The unprecedented violence that has devastated the lives of people in your State and uprooted thousands, has left a deep wound in the conscience of our nation,” Ms. Gandhi in a video appeal, addressed to the people of the State.
In the nearly three-minute-long video, Ms. Gandhi said that she is deeply saddened to see people forced to flee their homes and leave behind all that they have built over a lifetime. She said that it was heart-breaking to witness people, who have coexisted peacefully, turn against each other.
