In the recently held 72nd plenary session of the Northeastern Council (NEC) in Agartala, the chairman of the council and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, claimed that bringing peace in the Northeast is the biggest achievement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last 10 years. Amit Shah wasn’t completely wrong, given the fact that the Centre under Modi has tried to bridge the gap between New Delhi and the oft-neglected Northeast.

It is, however, the strife-torn Manipur that has remained a thorn in this achievement list of the Modi government. The state is waiting for normalcy even after 19 months of ethnic clashes between the Meiteis and the Kuki-Zo people.

This week President of India Droupadi Murmu, on the recommendations of the Centre, appointed Ajay Kumar Bhalla as the Governor of the northeastern state. This appointment after the NEC session is significant.

Ajay Bhalla will replace Laxman Prasad Acharya as the Governor of the state. Laxman was handling the additional charge of the state along with that of Assam. He had replaced Ansuiya Uikey, who was the Governor of Manipur when the........

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