“PM Modi has time to visit abroad but no time to visit Hathras, Manipur”: Saurabh Bharadwaj

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur and said that PM Modi has time to visit abroad but no time to visit Hathras and Manipur.

Earlier today, PM Modi left for a two-nation visit today, beginning with Moscow, Russia, where he has been invited by President Vladimir Putin to attend the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit.

“China is slowly advancing towards the northeast, which has remained a conflict zone for decades because of insurgencies and militancy. One whole state of the northeast has been burning for the last year but the Prime Minister does not want to visit Manipur. He has time to visit abroad but no time to visit Hathras. And opposition leaders are going there. This is the failure of the central government,” Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

Earlier today, Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi reached Imphal to meet the victims of violence at the relief camps in the state.

The Congress leader arrived at the Imphal airport earlier this afternoon to visit relief camps here and will call upon Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey this evening.

He is scheduled to meet Governor Anusuiya Uikey at 5.30 pm. after which he will address a press conference at the Manipur Congress office at 6.15 pm.

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi visited the Jiribam Higher Secondary School relief camp and offered support to the victims of violence there.

The official handle of the Congress party took to a microblogging site and posted on X, “LoP Rahul Gandhi visits Jiribam Higher Secondary School relief camp, meets victims of violence and offers support in their darkest hour. His third visit to Manipur post-violence shows his unwavering commitment to the people’s cause.”

Rahul Gandhi will shortly visit the relief camp at Sadbhavna Mandap, in Tuibong, Churachandpur district in Manipur.

The northeastern state has been witnessing ethnic violence since May 3 last year following clashes during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union (ATSU) to protest against the demand for the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe category.