Under Modi, the Northeast Is More United With India, but More Divided Within

Photograph Source: Prime Minister’s Office – Government Open Data License – India

In March, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said at an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh that previous governments had not cared for states that sent only two representatives to the country’s Parliament, as Arunachal and several others in the Indian Northeast do. Modi failed to see the irony of his claim given that he has not visited Manipur, which has only two representatives in parliament, since the...