Parliament monsoon session: Oppositions send adjournment motion notice to Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha to discuss Manipur

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MPs on Thursday submitted suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha and adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss ongoing violence in Manipur. This comes a day after a May 4 video showing two women being paraded naked by some men in Manipur surfaced on social media.  The monsoon session of the Parliament will commence today, and it is expected to be a stormy one.

News agency ANI cites Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain, CPI(M) MP Elamaram Kareem, RJD MP Manoj have submitted suspension of Business Notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss the "Prime Minister's shocking silence on the ongoing violence in Manipur." Meanwhile, Congress Lok Sabha CPI MP Binoy Viswam, MP Manish Tewari and others sent adjournment motion notice to Lok Sabha to raise the issue.  Several parties have already said that they want to discuss the ongoing ethnic violence in the Parliament today.  The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said the party will raise the issue of ethnic strife-torn Manipur in Parliament, while condemning the incident that came into light on Wednesday.  Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "As a woman MP, I want a discussion on Manipur. The PM should break his silence and answer the people by speaking on the Floor of the House." The horrific video has left the netizen.