Most Mizos wish the Modi administration would not only show compassion for Myanmar’s people in this dark hour of their need, but actively support the National Unity Government that formed post-coup. Mizos are as distressed by the junta’s attack on Myanmar’s elected administration as Tamils are over Sri Lanka’s meltdown. Security is not the only or even chief reason for us to do more than express concern. In other words, we have a direct security interest in the restoration of our neighbour’s democracy. In fact, over the 10 years of Myanmar’s partial democracy, from 2011 to 2021, cross-border support for Indian insurgents dipped sharply. But these insurgencies have mostly petered out. Successive Indian administrations maintained relations with the junta in the hope that they would cooperate against cross-border Indian armed groups. Given our land and sea borders with Myanmar, and the troubled history of cross-border insurgencies between our two countries, the Modi administration’s inertia is alarming, though not entirely surprising. Also Read | Myanmar junta extends emergency rule, cites need for stability
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