{"id":276661,"date":"2026-01-19T00:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=276661"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:49:46","slug":"cong-questions-centre-on-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/cong-questions-centre-on-manipur\/","title":{"rendered":"Cong questions Centre on Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMPHAL, 18 Jan:<\/strong> The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre has handled Manipur irresponsibly during the last five years, and it affected the state’s security and economy.<\/p>\n

This was stated by AICC in-charge of Manipur Christopher Tilak, who came to the ethnic violence-affected Northeastern state to take part in the party’s ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ campaign.<\/p>\n

“What has happened in Manipur is very unfortunate. For the last five years, they (central government) have irresponsibly handled the state. The economy is in a big disaster, and now security, including that of the border, is a problem,” Tilak told reporters at the airport here.<\/p>\n

At least 260 people were killed and thousands became homeless in clashes between two communities – the valley-based Meiteis and Kukis of the hills – since May 2023.<\/p>\n

Manipur, a state bordering Myanmar, has been under President’s Rule since February 2025, days after N Biren Singh resigned as the chief minister. The BJP leader had become the CM first in 2017 and again after the 2022 Assembly election.<\/p>\n

Alleging that the Centre is not serious with Manipur, Tilak said that during his last visit to the state, underground groups observed a bandh despite the President’s Rule.<\/p>\n

The Congress leader said that during his weeklong stay in the state, he will be travelling in both hills and valley areas, leading the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ campaign.<\/p>\n

The Congress on 3 January announced the nationwide campaign from 10 January to 25 February to demand the withdrawal of the VB G-RAM G Act, restoration of MGNREGA as a rights-based law, the right to work, and the authority of panchayats.<\/p>\n

“We protest the change of MGNREGA’s name and other structural alterations in the scheme. I have come to take the protest across all Assembly constituencies in Manipur. During my weeklong stay, I will be travelling in both hill and valley areas,” Tilak said.<\/p>\n

The UPA government had brought the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in 2005 for empowering the poor, especially women, across the country, the Congress leader said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IMPHAL, 18 Jan: The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre has handled Manipur irresponsibly during the last five years, and it affected the state’s security and economy. This was stated by AICC in-charge of Manipur Christopher Tilak, who came to the ethnic violence-affected Northeastern state to take part in the party’s ‘MGNREGA Bachao […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-276661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276664,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276661\/revisions\/276664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}