Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday hit out at the Centre after Rahul Gandhi’s convoy was stopped in Manipur, and dubbed the incident as an example of the Narendra Modi government’s “dictatorship”.
Gandhi was on Thursday stopped on his way to Churachandpur in Manipur to visit relief camps with police officials saying it was a precautionary measure to prevent recurrence of violence.
Nearly 120 people have died and more than 3,000 injured in the ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3. Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a Tribal Solidarity March was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
