It took 80 days for PM to utter a word about Manipur violence, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday attacked the BJP-led central government and said it took 80 days for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to utter a word about the violence in Manipur.
Vijayan, while releasing a book titled 'Manipur FIR' penned by Delhi-based journalist George Kallivayalil, said the union ministers did not even care to visit the northeastern state for at least three months into the violence which broke out in May this year.
The senior Left leader, in an event held here, said at a time when «mainstream media were diluting or completely ignoring the reports on violence from Manipur», Kallivayalil has taken an initiative to document the crimes against humanity taking place there.
«Manipur has been marred by violence for the past six months. It's noteworthy that some media outlets, which reached Israel within hours, yet have not covered the situation in Manipur.
This makes it clear about the priorities of major media houses and whose interests they may be aligning with,» Vijayan said.
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- He said soon after violence erupted, senior opposition leaders visited the state but neither the PM nor the ministers cared to look into the matter.
«The violence began in May 2023. It took 80 days for the Prime Minister of the country to utter a word about Manipur and that too only after reports on the
