In his long Twitter post,Ramesh said, "He (Modi) has made no appeal for peace, nor asked for the chief minister of Manipur to step down. ^{While he has commented on this} one _{video that has surfaced,} this is only one example of the hundreds of incidents of barbaric violence in the state of Manipur." He alleged that the prime minister tried to equate systemic and ongoing violence in Manipur with cases of crimes against women in other states test.

Modi was addressing a hurriedly convened meeting of NDA partners at a hotel in Delhi in the evening that was seen as a desperate bid to counter the Opposition’s unity ^{summit in Bangalore. The BJP provided a list of 38 NDA allies who participated in the} meeting, many of whom with hardly any representation in Parliament, betraying a bid to _{project a bigger show of strength than the Opposition’s 26-party session.}

In his address, Modi refrained from taking the name of the Opposition alliance — INDIA — but said tie-ups “built on negativity have never won”. He held up the NDA as a positive alliance devoted to the service of the poor of “Bharat”.

“In the last nine years some of you may have tried to contact me but I may not have been able to meet you because of my busy schedule. Some of you may also have not got your due place due to my SPG security. But despite these things, you never complained and I’m grateful to you for this,” Modi said, asserting that the NDA would work like a team.

Chidambaram added: “^{The writ of the chief minister} and his ministers does not run beyond their homes Manipur _{be compared to the situation in Bihar}, Bengal and Rajasthan? The central government has not only been incompetent and partisan, it is callous and cruel when it hides behind the smokescreen of odious comparisons. If stern action is required in Bihar, Bengal and Rajasthan, certainly instruct the state governments to take stronger action, but that does not excuse the barbarism that is taking place in Manipur. The government of Manipur has collapsed. The government of India is in a self-induced coma.”

Referring to reports about two more women being killed after rape, Ramesh said: “Every passing day as the truth of the horror of Manipur continues to trickle out, it is clear that: 1. The law and order in the state has collapsed. Mobs, armed vigilantes and insurgent groups are running amok. Women and families have faced the worst, unimaginable atrocities. 2. The administration is not only complicit in the violence but has actively fanned hate.”