New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Congress leader and party's General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over his visit to Manipur, calling it a "display of how sorely lacking in empathy and compassion a leader can be."

Venugopal slammed the Centre for not "having the courage" to make a genuine attempt at peace in the region, claiming that the government has neither presented a solution to the "deep social rift which caused the civil war".

"Manipur is burning since 2023, and he found time to pay a visit today - after 2.5 years. This visit too, is a half-hearted measure with him spending barely a few hours there, and is clubbed with a visit to Mizoram. Neither has his government presented a solut...