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Naga integration via FA A game of word play ?

The truth may lie somewhere in between. It was not so long back, to be more precise before Manipur went to polls to elect the 11th Assembly, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh took pains to assure the people of Mani…

The truth may lie somewhere in between. It was not so long back, to be more precise before Manipur went to polls to elect the 11th Assembly, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh took pains to assure the people of Manipur that the Framework Agreement signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India does not contain anything that can harm the territorial integrity of Manipur.

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Making Manipur bandh and blockade free Governor’s stand noted

Governor Najma Heptulla needs a round of applause. If not for anything else, the Governor needs to be acknowledged for making it a point to state that the newly installed BJP led coalition Government is committed to making Manipur a bandh and blockade free State.

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Governor Najma Heptulla needs a round of applause. If not for anything else, the Governor needs to be acknowledged for making it a point to state that the newly installed BJP led coalition Government is committed to making Manipur a bandh and blockade free State.

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Looking at the pre-poll promises of BJP Piped water supply

The BJP led coalition Government has passed the floor test, as expected. So after Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP gets another North East State under its belt and this is in line with the agenda spelt out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the…

The BJP led coalition Government has passed the floor test, as expected. So after Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP gets another North East State under its belt and this is in line with the agenda spelt out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.

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Lifting the longest ever blockade Spell out agreed points

Finally the United Naga Council (UNC) has lifted the 139 days old economic blockade. This is a welcome development and in as much as credit may be given to the BJP led coalition Government and the UNC for coming to a meeting point, it cannot be helped …

Finally the United Naga Council (UNC) has lifted the 139 days old economic blockade. This is a welcome development and in as much as credit may be given to the BJP led coalition Government and the UNC for coming to a meeting point, it cannot be helped but ask what are the meeting points that have been reached that enabled the UNC to lift the economic blockade ?

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Statistics not telling the whole story Second best the first

The longest ever economic blockade has been lifted. The BJP may have missed the 48 hours of Government formation promise set earlier before the Assembly election to get the blockade lifted but it has been lifted and this is a fresh development.
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The longest ever economic blockade has been lifted. The BJP may have missed the 48 hours of Government formation promise set earlier before the Assembly election to get the blockade lifted but it has been lifted and this is a fresh development.

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How to take along the disparate parties Job cut out for BJP

As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government.
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As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government.

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Decks cleared for counting today Possibility of hung House

D day is here (March 11). Even before the readers read the 11th March, 2017 edition of The Sangai Express with their morning cuppa, all decks would have been cleared to count the votes cast on March 4 and March 8 as well as in the repolls conducted acr…

D day is here (March 11). Even before the readers read the 11th March, 2017 edition of The Sangai Express with their morning cuppa, all decks would have been cleared to count the votes cast on March 4 and March 8 as well as in the repolls conducted across many polling stations.

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Emergence of ‘local experts’ Looking at the poll pundits

Now that the two phased election is over, many ‘experts’ have started emerging at all the leiraks and leikais of the localities all over the place, each working out which party or which candidate will win. Tough to say what methodology the ‘experts’ employ to reach their decision, but it is nonetheless interesting to see them holding fort, arguing and counter arguing to get their points across and such rounds of discussion have the potential to impact on the minds of the listeners.

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Now that the two phased election is over, many ‘experts’ have started emerging at all the leiraks and leikais of the localities all over the place, each working out which party or which candidate will win. Tough to say what methodology the ‘experts’ employ to reach their decision, but it is nonetheless interesting to see them holding fort, arguing and counter arguing to get their points across and such rounds of discussion have the potential to impact on the minds of the listeners.

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Blockade noise lost in poll din Losing advantage of NH

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Cong…

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Congress went hammer and tongs against each other over the blockade, with none seriously trying to resolve it.

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Right ingredients to make it spicy All eyes on 2nd phase polls

All eyes are now on the second phase election. Even as the readers read this commentary, voters would have started getting ready to proceed to the polling station to cast their votes and it is interesting to note that voters will vote along diametrical…

All eyes are now on the second phase election. Even as the readers read this commentary, voters would have started getting ready to proceed to the polling station to cast their votes and it is interesting to note that voters will vote along diametrically opposite agenda.

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Fate of candidates sealed in 38 ACs Looking to second phase

First phase poll over. Fate of candidates in 38 Assembly Constituencies sealed and now all eyes are on March 8, when 22 Assembly segments will go to polls. By March 11 the results of all Assembly Constituencies will be out, barring those which will go…

First phase poll over. Fate of candidates in 38 Assembly Constituencies sealed and now all eyes are on March 8, when 22 Assembly segments will go to polls. By March 11 the results of all Assembly Constituencies will be out, barring those which will go in for repoll. Now what were the issues under which the 38 Assembly Constituencies went to polls on March 4 ?

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NOTA and its growing relevance

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 As…

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 Assembly seats.

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Absence of pan Manipur leader Game of divide and lead

The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power.
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The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power.

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After Modi, Amit Shah in town Studying the poll promises

National BJP president Amit Shah is in town. He has already addressed two election meetings at Moirang and Kangpokpi and is set to address two more such meetings at Ukhrul and Singjamei on March 1. National vice president Rahul Gandhi was also in town …

National BJP president Amit Shah is in town. He has already addressed two election meetings at Moirang and Kangpokpi and is set to address two more such meetings at Ukhrul and Singjamei on March 1. National vice president Rahul Gandhi was also in town and addressed an election meeting at Hapta Kangjeibung, right in the heart of Imphal city on February 28.

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Intensifying war of words Don’t punch below the belt

The war of words between the BJP and the Congress is getting intense. And the verbal duel is confined not only at the flag hoisting ceremonies of different candidates or while speaking to the media, but also in the advertisements that have been issued to the Imphal based newspapers here.

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The war of words between the BJP and the Congress is getting intense. And the verbal duel is confined not only at the flag hoisting ceremonies of different candidates or while speaking to the media, but also in the advertisements that have been issued to the Imphal based newspapers here.

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Centering around Framework Agreement Not the final pact : Ravi

Not that it ever went out of the consciousness of the public. But the manner in which the Framework Agreement signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India back on August 3, 2015, has suddenly come to the centre stage is too significant to m…

Not that it ever went out of the consciousness of the public. But the manner in which the Framework Agreement signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India back on August 3, 2015, has suddenly come to the centre stage is too significant to miss. And in many ways this means that the election campaign of the Congress and the BJP is centred around the ongoing peace process between the Centre and the NSCN (IM).

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Not conducive for polls now stand Need to go beyond this

Point delivered. It is however important to go beyond the observation that the time is not conducive to hold polls in the State and study why such a situation has come about in the first place. Obviously the root cause will go back to decades, the decades of the big, big divide between the hills and the valley and it will need more than a book to come out with the whys and hows but it is important to study the present scenario, a condition wherein some organisations, the Citizens’ Committee, Manipur and earlier the United Naga Council had deemed it fit to put across the message to the Election Commission of India that the time is not conducive to hold the scheduled election to the State Assembly.

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Point delivered. It is however important to go beyond the observation that the time is not conducive to hold polls in the State and study why such a situation has come about in the first place. Obviously the root cause will go back to decades, the decades of the big, big divide between the hills and the valley and it will need more than a book to come out with the whys and hows but it is important to study the present scenario, a condition wherein some organisations, the Citizens’ Committee, Manipur and earlier the United Naga Council had deemed it fit to put across the message to the Election Commission of India that the time is not conducive to hold the scheduled election to the State Assembly.

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Don’t use FA for electoral gains : CSOs Vindicating stand of TSE

All political parties, particularly the Congress should pay attention to this call. Do not use the Framework Agreement for electoral gains, is the call rung out by the United Committee Manipur (UCM), Committee of Civil Societies, Kangleipak (CCSK) and Nongchup Imphal Meira Paibi Lup (NIMPAL) during the public meeting held at Keishampat Lairembi community hall on February 21.

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All political parties, particularly the Congress should pay attention to this call. Do not use the Framework Agreement for electoral gains, is the call rung out by the United Committee Manipur (UCM), Committee of Civil Societies, Kangleipak (CCSK) and Nongchup Imphal Meira Paibi Lup (NIMPAL) during the public meeting held at Keishampat Lairembi community hall on February 21.

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Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink Assuring piped water supply

Five years down the line and where will Manipur stand ? It is obviously to answer this that the BJP has highlighted the gist of Vision for Manipur on the front page advertisement of all the major newspapers in the State on February 21.
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Five years down the line and where will Manipur stand ? It is obviously to answer this that the BJP has highlighted the gist of Vision for Manipur on the front page advertisement of all the major newspapers in the State on February 21.

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Standing assurance from Rajnath Politicising Framework Agreement

What exactly is the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) back in 2015 ? Is it just a framework, into which the agreed terms and conditions will be put in or is it something else, elaborating on the finer aspects …

What exactly is the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) back in 2015 ? Is it just a framework, into which the agreed terms and conditions will be put in or is it something else, elaborating on the finer aspects of the final pact that will be signed between the outfit and New Delhi ?

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