Polls hardly matter in this Manipur district as Nagas close ranks behind a long economic blockade

The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles.

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The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles.

The post Polls hardly matter in this Manipur district as Nagas close ranks behind a long economic blockade appeared first on The Sangai Express.

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