Manipur viral video: BSP chief calls Incident heart-wrenching

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday termed the incident of two women paraded naked in Manipur shameful and heartwrenching but decried the political bickering over it as unfair and worrisome reported PTITension mounted in the hills of Manipur after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a few men from the other sideFour people were arrested a day after the video surfacedIn a tweet in Hindi Mayawati said The atrocities committed by mobs on women in Manipur is very sad shameful and heartwrenching The state and central governments should punish such criminals severely so that such heinous crimes are not repeated anywhereBut the politics being done on this incident is also unfair and worrying There must be a meaningful discussion on this in Parliament The Supreme Court itself has also taken cognizance of this incident which cannot be suppressed That means everyone needs to be serious about the unfortunate incident Mayawati said in another relatedBahujan Samaj Party BSP supremo on Thursday said The whole country is worried about the continued violence in Manipur The latest incident of indecency to women is especially embarrassing for the BJP and its governmentAlthough the law and order situation in the state has already deteriorated will the BJP continue to protect such a chief minister she said in a tweet in Hindi Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May 3 between the majority Meitei community concentrated in the Imphal valley and the tribal Kukis occupying the hills Over 160 people have been killed in the violence so farMeanwhile the Congress on Thursday slammed the Centre over the incident with party president Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the Narendra Modi government of turning democracy into ldquomobocracyrdquo Kharge said ldquohumanity has died in Manipurrdquo and accused Modi of having ldquoabdicatedrdquo his constitutional responsibility ldquoThe PM has all the means at his disposal including helicopterbut Why are you not going thererdquo he askedFormer Jammu amp Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti said ldquoThose at the top cannot feign ignorance Fact of the matter is that they have unleashed rabid rabble rousing elements for their own electoral gains amp dont know how to rein them in anymorerdquoldquoThe northeastern state has the double engine government of BJP But still it is burning for more than two months What happened to the 56inch chest of the PM The violence in Manipur shows no signs of stoppingrdquo JDU president Rajiv Ranjan Singh saidDelhi Women and Child Development Minister Atishi said ldquoPrime Minister Modi did not have the time to visit Manipur He visited Japan on May 19 Papua Guinea on May 21 Australia on May 22 the US on June 20 and then France and the UAE But he didnrsquot go to Manipur Even a delegation from Manipur kept waiting for him but he did not meet themrdquoWith inputs from PTI