Opposition Leaders

The opposition party leaders decided to send a delegation to Manipur, in regard to the recently viral Manipur assault against women. Those travelling to Manipur include Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, Gaurav Gogoi and Phulo Devi Netam from the Congress; Lalan Singh and Anil Hegde from JDU; TMC’s Sushmita Dev; Kanimozhi from the DMK; CPI’s Santhosh Kumar; CPI(M)’s AA Rahim; RJD’s Manoj Jha; Javed Ali Khan from the Samajwadi Party.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur denied the allegations of the opposition over PM Modi's silence in communal violence incident. On April 16, Thakur said, opposition leaders are trying to spread hatred in the country and urged people to not listen to them and maintain peace and harmony. He further questioned Congress about the violence and hate speech in Rajasthan, asking to take strict action against such violence in Congress-led Rajasthan.