New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The spectacle of the radical Arambai Tenggol beating up lawmakers and forcibly administering oath to 37 legislators and two MPs at Kangla Fort in Imphal on January 24 and the kingpin Korounganba Khuman strutting around like a warlord amid armed radicals riding gypsies flying Kangleipak flags is in the public domain, even as the mainstream media remained mum.

The absence of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh and his security forces during this sordid drama was conspicuous, indicating it had the concurrence of the state administration. There is no statement on the Arambai Tenggol by the Centre either though Biren Singh met the Union Home Minister Amit Shah later on February 3, 2024, at New Delhi.

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