Communal violence: "First Manipur, now Haryana. Is this Ram Rajya?" asks Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray. File pic

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday hit out at the BJP governments in Manipur and Haryana, over communal violence, saying that he is wondering whether this is a Ram Rajya or not, reported news agency ANI.

First in Manipur and now in Haryana, is this a 'Ram Rajya' or not? Uddhav Thackeray said attacking the BJP governments in Manipur and Haryana over communal violence.

While the conflict in Manipur is raging for the last three months, violence broke out in Haryana on Monday between two groups.

What is the government doing there? I have repeatedly asked about the situation in Manipur. The Governor of Manipur is a woman and atrocities have happened on women therenothing is happening on the part of the state government. Where is the double engine? Uddhav Thackeray asked, reported ANI.

The former Maharashtra Chief Minister shared that the I.N.D.I.A alliance meeting will likely be held on August end or the beginning of September.

I.N.D.I.A meeting will be held most probably in the end of this month (August) or starting of next month (September), Uddhav Thackeray said.

Speaking on BJP MLA Nitesh Ranes statement in the assembly about going to Pakistan said that this is what can be expected from the BJP since they cannot even protect women.

What do you expect from them. We are seeing the situation of women's in Manipur. They don't even try to protect our women and talk about Hindutva, Thackeray said.

In another attack at the BJP, Thackeray said, Ramayana started for Sita, Mahabharata started for Draupadi. But this government is not serious at all. So this is not a Hindu nation.

Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, have died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh in Haryana over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession and spread to Gurugram over the past two days.

In Manipur, a large-scale violence broke out on May 3, as a result of which, many residents in the state lost their lives and several others got seriously injured.

The Centre on Sunday set up a Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to probe the recent series of violence in the north-eastern state.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)