After the Opposition parties on Thursday slammed the Centre’s silence on Manipur and questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government and its leaders on the video showing two women of the tribal community being paraded naked on the streets, the women leaders in the Opposition have hit out Smriti Irani, who is the Union child and women development minister.

The Opposition women leaders slammed the Union minister for sharing the video on Twitter, however, not taking quick action even as the incident reportedly took place two months ago and a case in this regard was lodged last month.

Mahila Congress chief Netta D’Souza during a press conference on the Manipur video incident slammed Irani saying, “Smriti Irani and all the other woman leaders in the ruling dispensation is an indication that they want violence and communalism. I want to remind her (Irani) that before coming to power she only had told the Parliament that matters like these require discussion in an all-party meeting. Now that she is in power, why is she quitting to discuss these things?”

Further taking to Twitter, she said, “Prime Minister Modi, Smriti Irani and Home Minister Amit Shah have done the work of promoting this heinous crime. He should resign taking moral responsibility for it. PM Modi is as guilty as the Chief Minister. If the PM had broken his silence earlier, this situation would not have happened. INDIA will not sit silent on the issue of Manipur!”