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In the past 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often talked about developing India’s northeast—a marginalised region that has lagged in terms of infrastructure and socio-economic progress. Blaming it on the political apathy of the previous governments at the Centre, the BJP stalwart never misses an opportunity to point out that he, as PM, has paid more visits to the northeast than the combined trips of all his predecessors.
Yet, when Manipur remained engulfed in ethnic violence for more than a year, claiming the lives of more thanvisit to the strife-torn state, ruled by his own party. He even took more than two months to break his silence on the sensitive issue.
