What is behind the eruption of communal violence in Manipur? | In Focus podcast
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The Balancing Government's Inner Line Permit
There are large sections of Nagas in Myanmar and whenever there is trouble they tend to come to this side of the border. In a sense maybe that is a cause of concern but that could have been handled more adroitly, more astutely with more diplomacy than just barging into those territories. I was just curious how are their local media channels covering these issues because there have been some reports that they have been fanning it against certain sections by branding them even the local as so-called Myanmar is an immigrant. It's very hard to be objective but one expects objectivity from so-called national media because they have nothing to lose. They are neither cookie nor mate.
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