What is happening in Manipur is a hate crime, says Mahua Moitra in Lok Sabha

Speaking in support of the no-confidence motion, Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra stated on Thursday that the motion is not designed to succeed in the house, but that it is about having “confidence” in the INDIA bloc, the opposition alliance. Manipur’s condition differs from that of other states, according to Mahua Moitra, who also described Manipur as a “hate crime, civil war.”

“Most no-confidence motions are negative motions to bring down the government of the day. We know that’s not the possibility here. We don’t have the numbers. Many of my friends in the Treasury Bench and other BJP allies like YSR, have mocked us that this motion is doomed to fail INDIA is perhaps the first bloc which moved the motion not to bring down anything, but to resurrect something,” Mahua Moitra said.

She furthermore stated that “What is happening in Manipur is a hate crime against a particular community where it is understood that police personnel of one community, possibly the same community as the chief minister, handed over the women of one community to be raped and pillaged by a mob and every attempt to prevent those women from seeking justice. The issue is that the two communities in Manipur are pitted against each other in an atmosphere of civil war. 6,500 FIRs in past 3 months? Which state has seen this.”

“We have not heard of one change in the police force, not one change in the government, not one person taking responsibility. This is the biggest failure of the double-engine government. Let us not insult other states by asking what about Rajasthan, what about Chhattisgarh? Manipur is a tacitly approved hate crime. Make no mistake. This is civil war,” Mahua Moitra further added.