Has an AAP government.
> In February, the internet was blocked in 11 cities in Rajasthan state to prevent cheating during exams.
Has a Congress government.
> While local governments ruled by opposition parties in India also frequently block the internet, the Manipur example highlights a wider pattern in an India governed over the past decade by Modi’s BJP.
Why don't you provide a statistical, party-wise breakdown so that people can know? Right now, the article seems to be all about "Modi’s BJP."
The answer to my question is: the "article" is part of a series where the Hindu nationalist is portrayed as the villain who is involved in communal violence; all other communities are, obviously, peaceful; violence is always initiated by one side.
> a shutdown was imposed in Haryana state, ostensibly to control riots
Everyone in India knows what happened in Nuh. There are pictures and video on social media.
> The unrest in Manipur began on April 27. Kuki activists called for a general strike against the land policies of the state’s chief minister that day, and the demonstration turned violent.
> Tensions had been brewing for months between the Kukis, a Christian hill tribe, and Meiteis, the politically and economically dominant valley dwellers who mostly practice Hinduism. Kukis have long accused Meiteis of coveting land in the hills reserved under the Indian constitution for tribal peoples, and those fears sharpened this spring when the state’s top court backed a Meitei demand that it also be granted official tribal status.
So, the moment a court decided that the Meitei demand should be considered, thus giving them a share of the reservation/affirmative action pie, violence erupted?
> Tensions had been brewing for months between the Kukis, a Christian hill tribe, and Meiteis, the politically and economically dominant valley dwellers who mostly practice Hinduism.
The article has so much Christian imagery. Could they not find a single temple that they could photograph? Or an affected Meitei who has photos of some Hindu gods on the walls of his house? After all, 1/3 of the people who have died are Meiteis.[1]