BJP wants permission to Muivah withdrawn

BJP wants permission to Muivah withdrawn

NEW DELHI, May 14: The BJP on Friday attacked Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram over the Manipur crisis, alleging that his unilateral decision to allow NSCN (IM) leader T. Muivah to visit the State had created tension there and demanded that the permission to the Naga leader be withdrawn.

“The unilateralism of the Home Minister has once again created tension. Earlier, he had announced creation of a separate Telangana State without taking the Andhra Pradesh government into confidence. This time, he allowed Muivah to visit his village in Manipur without asking the State government for its view,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here.

A four-member BJP delegation led by Javadekar also met Chidambaram and demanded that territorial integrity of Manipur be protected.

“We told him that government must ensure and give a promise that territorial integrity (of Manipur) would be maintained,” he told PTI.

Manipur is facing economic blockade by supporters of Muivah after he was unable to visit his ancestral village in the State due to objections by the State government.

Javadekar said the party demanded that National Highway No. 39 and 53 be opened immediately and adequate supplies of essential commodities be ensured so that prices come down.

“We also discussed issues about threat to non-Manipuris,” the BJP leader said, adding that the “Home Minister has assured us that appropriate actions will be taken on our demands”.

“If things don’t move further, we may also meet the Prime Minister,” Javadekar said.

The party demanded that permission to Muivah to visit Manipur be withdrawn to defuse the situation. (PTI)