Congress on Monday said Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement suggesting the government’s readiness to discuss the Manipur issue in the Parliament was a “desperate bid to manage headlines”, adding the senior BJP leader is not “doing anybody special favour.” Congress general-secretary Jairam Ramesh said the opposition’s demand is for a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ethnic clashes in Manipur followed by a discussion. Amid sloganeering from opposition MPs demanding a statement by PM Modi, Shah said the government is ready to discuss the situation in Manipur. “I…
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