New Delhi, March 12 -- The BJP on Tuesday defended the imposition of President's Rule in Manipur, saying the decision was not forced on the state but was taken out of compulsion.
Initiating a combined debate in the Lok Sabha on the supplementary demands for grants, excess grants and the Manipur budget for the BJP, party leader Biplab Deb also said Manipur and other northeastern states have seen infrastructure push in the last 10 years after the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre.
He said Manipur has seen creation of rail and road infrastructure which did not happen in the last several decades.
Deb asserted that now people from rest of India can identify each northeastern state which was not the case in the past.
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