Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s "incompetent" chief minister of Manipur should be sacked as a first step to control the turmoil.

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the situation in the turmoil-hit state, Kharge alleged that the violence against women and children has been weaponised and accused the BJP of turning Manipur into a battlefield, PTI reported.