Noted political economist N. Venugopal has attributed the violence in Manipur to the ‘sectarian agenda actively pursued by the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and in that State’.
Speaking at a seminar organised by Kula Nirmulana Porata Samiti (KNPS) on Manipur violence and corporatisation of the hill State, Mr. Venugopal alleged that the BJP was instigating ethnic clashes between the Meitei community of Imphal valley and tribal Kukis in Manipur.
