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Outfits split, Delhi gets a headache
The Telegraph | Nishit Dholabhai | New Delhi, Aug. 22:
Factionalism is the bane of rebel politics in the Northeast, the government is rediscovering, with proliferating militant groups constantly putting a spanner in its efforts to bring peace to the region.
A “revised estimate” of militant groups in the Northeast has revealed that Manipur alone has more than 50 outfits with groups like Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) splitting a dozen times.
The Isak-Muivah and Khaplang factions have fought pitched battles leading to bloodshed. Even when there is an absence of inter-factional fighting, there are still several “revolutionary governments” collecting “taxes” from the population. “All these factions collect taxes. We have four governments in Nagaland,” said a Nagaland official. This is confirmed by Manipur government employees, who get threat calls from Manipuri outfits from the extortion capital of Dimapur.
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