Binoy Viswam, a Rajya Sabha representative for the Communist Party of India (CPI), stated on Wednesday that the government’s repeated assertions that peace and stability have settled in Manipur are untrue.
He also claimed that State Government is denying entry to factfinding mission in many areas to hide its failures.
“CPI delegation by General Secretary D. Raja consisting of national secretaries Binoy Viswam MP, K. Narayana, Rama Krushna Panda and senior woman leader Asomi Gogoi had a detailed interaction with the victims of violence in Kadangband. The people, majority of them were women, told the delegation in tears that the government both at the centre and the state have completely failed in protecting them,” CPI said in a statement.
A team of party leaders led by CPI MP Binoy Viswam left for Koutruk after meeting with locals in Kadangdang, according to a statement from the CPI, while other members of the delegation went to Imphal City to observe the CPI’s Foundation Day in Manipur. The authorities intervened on the way to Koutruk and insisted that it was not advisable to go meet the affected people there since hundreds of women, men, and children were waiting for the CPI team.