Sharad Pawar demands immediate steps from Centre to restore peace in Manipur

Nationalist Congress Party NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday demanded that the Prime Ministers Office and the Union Home Ministry immediately take necessary steps to restore peace in Manipur after shocking visuals emerged of two women being paraded naked in the strifetorn stateQuoting Dr B R Ambedkar Sharad Pawar in a tweet said Without humanity your glory is worthlessDistressing to see disturbing visuals from Manipur specially the atrocities against women which is despicable he saidWithout humanity your glory is worthless B R Ambedkar Distressing to see disturbing visuals from Manipur specially the atrocities against the women which is despicableItrsquos time to unite raise our voices amp demand Justice for the people of Manipur Home departmenthellipmdash Sharad Pawar PawarSpeaks July 20 2023Its time to unite raise our voices amp demand Justice for the people of Manipur Home department along with PMO need to immediately take necessary action to restore peace in Manipur Sharad Pawar tweetedHis daughter and NCPs working president Supriya Sule also said the situation in Manipur demands immediate actionShocking visuals from Manipur sickening disgraceful and utterly inhumane treatment The situation demands IMMEDIATE action the Lok Sabha member said in a tweetShocking visuals from Manipur sickening disgraceful and utterly inhumane treatment The situation demands IMMEDIATE action Lets raise our voices and DEMAND accountability Silence in the face of such atrocities is UNACCEPTABLEmdash Supriya Sule supriya_sule July 20 2023Lets raise our voices and DEMAND accountability Silence in the face of such atrocities is UNACCEPTABLE she addedNCPs national spokesperson Clyde Crasto in a tweet in Hindi said Bahut Ho Gayi Mann Ki Baat Ab Karo Manipur ki baat enough of Mann ki baat need to do Manipur ki baatThe Mann Ki Baat is a monthly radio programme of PM ModiTension 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 sidePolice said a case of abduction gang rape and murder has been registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district against unknown armed miscreantsIn a statement they said an allout effort is on to arrest the culprits at the earliestAccording to a spokesperson of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum ITLF the despicable scene which happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district shows men constantly molesting the helpless women who cry and plead with their captorsMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the incident of women being paraded naked in Manipur has shamed 140 crore Indians asserting that law will act with its full might and no guilty will be sparedToday when I am standing by this temple of democracy my heart is full of pain and anger he told reporters in his remarks at Parliament complex before the start of Monsoon session and amid his criticism by opposition parties for not speaking on the ethnic violence in the BJPruled north east stateI want to assure the countrymen that no guilty will be spared Law will act with its full might and firmness What has happened to these daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven he saidWith inputs from PTI