The latest massacre shows Manipur is now terrifyingly close to full-scale ethnic warfare. Band-aids like sending more central forces won’t fix the crisis. Politics has broken down completely, with many unable to trust the government. PM Modi must now invest his political capital into bringing Kukis, Meiteis back to talks.
The Centre-states trust is broken. Tamil Nadu’s withdrawal of CBI consent another sign
Tamil Nadu is the 10th state to have withdrawn blanket consent for CBI cases since 2015, a sign of the deepening antagonism in Centre-state relations. Always in election mode, the Centre is relentlessly using the CBI against opposition-ruled states—leading to a breakdown of the trust needed in our federal system.