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Blockade of a north-eastern Indian state :: The Economist
By The Economist, Delhi, May 20, 2010
Blockade of a north-eastern Indian state
Isolation ward
One state’s secession struggle is another’s unwelcome encroachment
Life in Manipur, wracked by insurgency and under a draconian act giving special powers to the armed forces, is never easy. The blockade has made it even more perilous. It was started on April 11th by Naga tribespeople, in protest at Manipur’s announcement of local elections in Naga-inhabited areas of the state later this month......
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Mr Muivah planned to address large rallies. He made the unsettling assurance that “we will not claim anything which belongs to the Meiteis”, ie, Manipur’s majority group.....
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