All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was forced to respond to the video of Manipur women being paraded naked only because it had gone viral. He called for the ousting of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Owaisi said, “...PM was compelled to react on the video because it has become viral now...Genocide is going on there...Justice will prevail only when the CM is removed and the PM orders CBI inquiry.”

Earlier in the day, the Hyderabad MP questioned Modi’s two-month long silence and whether CM Singh will compensate for the loss of 160 lives.

“The PM@PMOIndia at last spoke on Manipur after 2 Months of continuing Genocide of Kuki tribes,question that the Govt must answer but for the horrible video will Modi have reacted? Will BJP CM of Manipur give justice to the 160 killed,many women who have been raped ,fifty thousand who have been displaced NO NO,” he wrote.