NEW DELHI (AP) — His social media accounts suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching high-speed trains and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders as a powerhouse on the global stage and the face of an ascendant India.
But that carefully crafted image, followed by millions, sits uncomfortably at odds with his silence on what’s come close to a civil war engulfing India’s northeastern state of Manipur.
His entire government will fall if the no-confidence movement wins. However, there is little chance of that happening. His party is the majority in the assembly and they couldn’t care any less about Manipur. This is an attempt by the opposition to make Manipur a big talking point among the public to get some leverage in the general elections next year.