Reacting to recent incidents of violence against women in Manipur and other states, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday said that his head hangs in shame, adding that he is confident that law and order enforcement agencies will be working to bring the culprits to book.
Hitting out at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the Manipur violence, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said all secular-minded people in the country should rise against the Sangh Parivar's agenda to turn the restive Northeast state into a 'land of riots'.
"I will directly go to the CM's Office. I want to meet chief minister, N Biren Singh. I want to meet the sexual abuse survivors and see if they have got legal aid, counselling or any compensation," Maliwal said while speaking to ANI after landing at Imphal airport.
The ongoing crisis in Manipur has affected several others in the country in one way or the other. Over the years Manipur has produced brilliant sports person in the country. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin has come to aid to provide facilities to Manipur players for future tourname
DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Sunday said that the Manipur government asked her to postpone her visit as the law and order situation in the state "is not good".
Even as the recent Manipur video enraged the nation, another incident of two tribal women being stripped naked, tortured and beaten up came to light in West Bengal that triggered a war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress
In this regard, Assam CM Sarma took to Twitter and said, "Congress is suddenly displaying immense interest in Manipur. Important to rewind a bit and look at PM Manmohan Singh’s own response to similar crises in the State. The party’s duplicity is simply alarming."
The Manipur Police on Saturday arrested another accused in connection with a viral video which showed two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in the state.
Amid protests and the political fallout of two viral videos — one from trouble-torn Manipur and another from Malda district in West Bengal on which state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar said on Saturday that atrocities on women are at their peak in the state.
Outgoing Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is on bail in connection with a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers, said that the recent incident in Manipur is condemnable as well as called it a sad incident in independent India.