Myanmar border-fencing idea isn’t a masterstroke. It comes from Manipur’s complete collapse

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The Myanmar border-fencing idea isn’t a masterstroke. Its genesis, of course, is the complete collapse of Manipur as a functioning administrative entity since the writ of the state has come under severe strain. The socio-political divide within the state is akin to a civil conflict, which is being exploited to adopt extreme positions. His comments were followed the next day by an extraordinary diatribe against central security forces by the incompetent Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh. After ‘closing’ up the west, India hopes to shut out the east as well, so as to secure itself against the unwanted...