IMPHAL, 25 Jul: Demanding the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday questioned why the CM could not meet the women who were stripped and paraded, when she could do so.
Maliwal, who is visiting the state since Sunday, claimed that the families of the two women who were shown being paraded naked in a viral video told her that nobody from the government had met them.
She appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union Home Minister Amit Shah and union Women & Child Development Minister Smriti Irani to come to the state.
“Manipur is burning. If something is not done right now, it will be difficult to save Manipur,” she told reporters after calling on Governor Anusuiya Uikey.
The central government should ask the chief minister to resign as he does not deserve to remain in that post, the DCW chairperson said.
She said, “I went to Churachandpur alone, without any security. I met the families of the two women who were stripped, paraded naked and sexually assaulted. If I can meet them, why can’t the chief minister? Why can’t he go to Churachandpur and other affected places in his bullet-proof car?”
Maliwal said she went to relief camps in Imphal, Churachandpur and Moirang and found that the condition of those facilities is poor. (PTI)