CPI-M Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas also said the Manipur chief minister should have resigned long back and called the delay “unfortunate”, while Azad Samaj Party MP Chandra Shekhar Aazad said Singh should have been punished.”He should have been punished. If the Centre, the Modi government had respect for women, Singh would have been sacked long ago. Manipur kept burning, women were paraded naked. The whole nation saw the violence, and the government’s attitude was callous,” Aazad said.”A chief minister who can’t protect women, minorities, can’t stop violence, has no right to be on the chair,” he added.NCP (SP) Rajya Sabha MP Fauzia Khan said the prime minister should visit Manipur soon to assure the people that the nation stands with them.Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader and Union minister Ramdas Athawale, however, claimed that Singh resigned after taking responsibility for the situation in Manipur.”There has been a strife between Meitei and Kuki communities for the last two years. Many people have died. Now there is peace, yet some incidents have happened. People from the Myanmar border come there. Singh resigned after meeting Amit Shah. I think he resigned thinking it was his responsibility,” Athawale said.Singh tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Sunday.More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless since ethnic violence broke out in the state in May 2023.
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