A section of Meiteis have justified the violence, claiming that it was the result of action taken by the state administration to check illegal influx from an open border with Myanmar; poppy cultivation by the hill tribes; and Kuki militant groups unleashing violence. This needs to be checked.
Before the 2017 polls, BJP under Biren Singh had taken up the drugs issue with gusto. Now, key accused in drugs cases have seen the BJP government visibly rally behind them.
When contacted, the chief minister’s office (CMO) maintained that it was just an experimental endorsement and that there was no official link with the arrested Borhani’s company, Cannabis Health and Sciences Pvt Ltd (CHS).