NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Draupadi Murmu and called for her intervention over the ongoing crisis in Manipur. Kharge claimed that the Union government and the state government have completely failed in restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur during the last 18 months "The country has been inflicted with a grave tragedy of extra-ordinary proportions due to the unprecedented turmoil in Manipur for the last 18 months, the ongoing turmoil has taken more than 300 human lives, including women, children and even small babies. It has internally displaced nearly a lakh of human population rendering them homeless and forcing them to live in different relief camps.
The agony of the people continues unabated," the letter read. "As both the Union government and the state government of Manipur have completely failed in restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur during the last 18 months, the people of the state have apparently lost confidence in both the governments and reasonably so. With every passing day, the people of Manipur are becoming insecure on their own soil - their home turf having witnessed their infants, babies, children and women getting mercilessly killed.
With no succor coming from the governments involved, they are finding themselves completely isolated and helpless for more than 540 days now. Indeed, they have lost their faith in the Prime Minister of India and the chief minister of the state to protect their lives an.
