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While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet spoken , Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has issued an appeal for peace in Manipur and said the unprecedented violence that has devastated the lives of people of the state has left a deep wound on the nation’s conscience.
In a video message shared by the Congress on social media, she expressed her condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones and said she was sad that people were forced to flee the only place they called home and leave behind all that they had built over their lifetime.
The unprecedented violence that has devastated the lives of people in Manipur has left a deep wound in the conscience of our nation.
I am deeply saddened to see the people forced to flee the only place they call home.
I appeal for peace and harmony. Our choice to embark on the… pic.twitter.com/BDiuKyNGoe
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 21, 2023
“For nearly 50 days, we have witnessed a great human tragedy unfolding in Manipur. The unprecedented violence that has devastated the lives of people in your state and uprooted thousands has left a deep wound in the conscience of our nation,” she said in her message.
