Manipur, April 24 -- The Manipur Crisis which started on May 3, 2023 is nearing one year, and within a few days the first anniversary will come. With the election for the 18thLok Sabha, there has been a lull in the physical conflict though now and then there have been violent incidents leading to deaths. However, the election which is the worst in the history of Manipur has cleaved the Meitei society into groups, based on which candidate one supports.

Despite no large meetings being held, except for the one organised by the ruling party where the Union Home Minister made a whistle stop to address for a few minutes, the rancour in the social media was unprecedented. Attempts to character assassination were made though without much success...