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Police Case Against 4 Over Editors' Guild's Crowdfunded Manipur Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUO9mBYSHQ NDTV Sep 4, 2023 
A police case has been filed against three members of a crowdfunded fact-finding team of the Editors' Guild of India, who went to Manipur to look into the media's reportage of the ethnic conflict, over allegations that the report submitted by the team was "false, fabricated and sponsored". The FIR has been filed with Imphal West district police under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including promoting enmity between different groups, and using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.

FIR against Editors : आखिर क्या चाहती है बीजेपी सरकार ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmuvuRh5go Ajit Anjum Sep 5, 2023

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Editors Guild Of India Members From Manipur Police FIRs Over Fact Finding Report Padmakshi Sharma 6 Sept 20 https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-grants-interim-protection-to-editors-guild-of-india-members-in-manipur-police-firs-over-fact-finding-report-237128 The bench was initially inclined to dispose of the writ petition by granting a limited protection so that the petitioners can approach the High Court.  However, Divan said that none other than the Chief Minister himself made allegations against the EGI in a press conference and went to the extent of saying that "EGI has stoked provocative statements". He highlighted that the Chief Minister's statement was an additional aspect which should be considered by the Court.

 EDITORS’ GUILD OF INDIA REPORT OF THE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MEDIA'S REPORTAGE OF THE ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN MANIPUR
Sep 2nd, 2023 https://editorsguild.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EGI-report-on-Manipur.pdf  Extracts: Much before the violence erupted on May 3, Manipur’s tribal tensions, especially between the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Chin-Zo community, were already reaching their boiling point. The state government seems to have facilitated the majority’s anger against the Kukis through several seemingly partisan statements and policy measures. For example, the leadership of the state
labelled the entire community of Kuki-Zo tribals as “illegal immigrants” and “foreigners” without any reliable data or evidence. 

The Meira Pabis have been accused by the Assam Rifles and Kuki media and civil society organisations of complicity in several mob On June 26, the Spear Corps of the Indian ..released a 2.12 minute video showing that Meitei women helped rioters flee, obstructed their operations, accompanied armed civilians in vehicles ostensibly going on violent raids to shield them from the security forces. attacks. They have blocked security forces from discharging their duties by surrounding soldiers so that they are unable to prevent Meitei youths indulging in violence. 

Manipur Media And Its Post-Truth Narrative The media in Manipur was not left untouched by ethnic loyalties and the deepening divide between the Meiteis and the Kuki-Chin-Zo tribals. Manipur’s media is largely Meitei owned. 

Why Modi Can’t Make India a Great Power https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/why-modi-cant-make-india-great-power  Sushant Singh
September 4, 2023 Government-Backed Intolerance Is Tearing the Country Apart

the BJP and the RSS have worked to get ethnic groups that form the majority in their own states to join their cause (except when they are Muslims), arguing that these groups deserve to dominate their regions—just as Hindus should dominate India overall. Sometimes, the BJP and RSS even try to amalgamate smaller communities of animistic faiths into the Hindu tradition.

Their argument mirrors the one made everywhere by the RSS, which claims that Hindus are the original inhabitants of India whereas Muslims and Christians are outsiders.

The exodus and violence have undermined Modi’s grand strategy. Under Modi’s “Act East” policy, for example, India is trying to build infrastructure connecting its remote northeastern states with Southeast Asian countries. But the instability has delayed these ambitious projects. The government, for instance, cannot begin a planned highway linking India to Myanmar and Thailand until there is peace in Manipur. It also cannot start a project that would improve the Indian northeast’s coastal access by building a road to the Burmese river town of Paletwa. (Civil conflict in Myanmar is holding up these endeavors as well.) India’s bid for greater influence in Southeast Asia therefore remains stalled, even as China continues its heavy regional spending under the Belt and Road Initiative.

For New Delhi’s Western partners, an India that cannot look outward will certainly prove disappointing. But it will be more disappointing for Indians themselves. Theirs is the largest country in the world; it should, by rights, be a global leader. Yet to be stable enough to project substantial authority, India needs to keep peace and harmony among its diverse population—something it can accomplish only by becoming an inclusive, plural, secular, and liberal democracy. Otherwise, it risks turning into a Hindu version of South Asia’s other countries, such as Myanmar and Pakistan, where ethnic dominance has resulted in tumult, violence, and deprivation

"Rahul Gandhi Claims 61% Vote Will Go Against BJP", Says Prashant Kishor | NewsHour Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQeOU8ejVg TIMES NOW Sep 4, 2023  But you still need a posive narrative.  Currently  I.N.D.I.A narrative is built around Bharat Jodo. Three leverers of BJP - Hindu, neo-nationalism, then Labharathi. These need to be countered.. otherwise you wont be able to defeat BJP.