NEW DELHI: BJP President J.P. Nadda has accused the Congress of propagating a politically motivated and false narrative about the unrest in Manipur. Responding to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking intervention in the crisis, Nadda claimed that the “repercussions of the Congress’s abject failure” in handling Manipur’s issues during its tenure are still being felt today. Nadda stated that the Congress’s attempts to sensationalise the situation in Manipur were shocking. “What is shocking is how repeated attempts are being made by the Congress party to sensationalise the situation in Manipur,” Nadda said in a statement. In a sharp rejoinder, he alleged that the Congress, while in power, legitimised the illegal migration of foreign militants into India. “Your government legitimised the illegal migration of foreign militants to India. The then Home Minister P. Chidambaram signed treaties with them. These known militant leaders, fleeing their country to avoid arrest, were wholeheartedly endorsed and encouraged to carry on their destabilising efforts,” he claimed.Nadda argued that the Congress’s failure to uphold India’s security and administrative protocols was a major factor behind the current unrest. “This complete failure of India’s security and administrative protocols under your government is one of the major reasons why militant and habitually violent organisations are attempting to destroy the hard-won peace in Manipur and push it back several decades into the age of anarchy,” he said.He assured that, unlike the Congress, the BJP-led NDA government would not allow such destabilisation to occur. He emphasised that both the central and state governments were working diligently to stabilise the situation and restore harmony.”The entire government machinery is devoted to bringing back peace and harmony to Manipur,” Nadda said, adding that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting probes into the violence.The BJP leader criticised the Congress’s handling of similar incidents in the early 1990s and during the UPA era, citing widespread violence and blockades.”Kharge and his party seem to have conveniently forgotten the complete failure of government machinery and the ill-advised strategies adopted by the Congress governments during similar incidents in the early 90s and during the UPA era,” Nadda remarked.
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