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Manipur rift reaches Delhi - Ibobi Singh skirts blockade issue
The Telegraph | New Delhi, Oct. 13:
Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh today claimed that reports of blockade-induced price hike were unfounded, even challenging Delhi-based reporters to visit Manipur and find out the truth for themselves.
“You people sit here and report, come to Manipur tomorrow and see it is not true,” Ibobi Singh told reporters waiting outside North Block, where he had a meeting with Union home minister P. Chidambaram.
“There is a trust deficit among the communities. It is up to the statesmen in India (to find solutions) as we have a poverty of ideas,” Prof. Gangumei Kamei, national fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, said from Shimla.
The trust deficit was glaring at a protest here.
Naga Students Union Delhi protested at Jantar Mantar to thwart any decision in favour of the Kukis. Placards saying “No Sadar Hills without Nagas’ consent” were displayed. Their fears were unfounded, of course.
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