Satire: PM Modi’s ‘Big Step’ in Manipur Actually Predates the Ethnic Conflict

Over the weekend, PM Modi visited Manipur for the first time since the ethnic conflict began in May 2023.

In a speech addressed to the people of Manipur on Saturday, 13 September, in Imphal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited the renaming of ‘Mount Harriet’ in the distant Andaman and Nicobar Islands as ‘Mount Manipur’—a tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters—as one of the ‘big steps’ taken by his government.

(Illustration: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

(Illustration: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

(Illustration: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

Over the weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur for the first time since the ethnic conflict began in May 2023. In a speech addressed to the people of Manipur on Saturday, 13 September, in Imphal, he cited the renaming of ‘Mount Harriet’ in the distant Andaman and Nicobar Islands as ‘Mount Manipur’—a tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters—as one of the ‘big steps’ taken by his government. 

Mind you, this ‘big step’ was actually taken back in 2021—two years before the conflict even began.