Clueless in Imphal

Anarchy prevails in Manipur when India has its strongest central govt since Indira Gandhi's. Not even the writ of the omnipotent BJP high command runs there, as the Biren Singh drama suggests

The answer to the question, “Which is the most challenging state to govern in India” is easy. One look at the map of the country and we’d know it is tiny Manipur.

For more than two months now, nobody’s writ has run in the tiny border state except that of the rival mobs, or armed bands, currently at war with each other.

The ruling party at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is also the party in power in the state. It’s also a high command-run party as much as the Congress was at its Indira-era peak. Does the