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The Big Story: Border disorder
Politicians are insisting that “no one can take even an inch” of land and promising to kill armed personnel who cross over into their territory. Six security personnel have already been killed. Even after discussions, leaders on both sides took to Twitter to pin the blame on the opposite number. One side has begun a blockade preventing vital goods from crossing the border. Now even satellite imagery might come into play to determine whose forces crossed over, and where the border should be demarcated.
This isn’t the India-China or India-Pakistan border dispute. The boundary in question lies inside India, between the two Indian states of Assam and Mizoram. Technically, both of them are ruled by the same governing coalition, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
So how did they get here?
The current tensions between the two states dates back to October 2020, when the Assamese alleged that Mizoram residents had built huts on...
