For weeks, ethnic tensions have been high in India’s northeast. And Manipur’s Chief Minister is partly to blame for this
Such inflammatory remarks can be particularly disastrous in a state which has a long history of ethnic strife.
The tribes for the most part practice Animism, Shamanism and Christianity. Attacks against the Kukis come across as an attempt to enforce a Hindu nationalism agenda, which stems from the controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , upon them. RSS believes that it can even use religious movements like Animism or Shamanism to counter the spread of Christianity – which arrived in Manipur and surrounding region in the early 17th century.
Tensions, however, has benefitted RSS’ political wing – the BJP as it now finds itself in the government in six out of seven states of the north east – but upended the ethnic fabric. The Manipur crisis highlights other aspects of government failure. Police armories were looted a few weeks ago, which worsened the infighting. Armed insurgent groups, which had been inactive, and have presence in all the communities, have also contributed to the violence.
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