Government figures show 152 people have been killed in the remote state of Manipur since May in fighting between the Hindu Meitei majority and Christian Cookie community.
Human Rights Watch accuses Modi’s party of fomenting religious divisions for electoral purposes.
Rival militias have set up blockades. Tens of thousands of extra soldiers have been deployed. A curfew and internet shutdown are in force. Modi only broke his silence on Manipur, after a video emerged of a mob assault on two women stripped naked. The PM called the violence “saddening.”

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