India Manipur ethnic violence: Modi breaks silence over deadly clashes after viral video
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India's prime minister has broken his silence after over two months of ethnic clashes in the eastern state of Manipur. Narendra Modi commenting after a viral video showed 2 women being dragged naked through a mob of men. The prime minister said he was pained, promising the guilty would not be spared. Listen to him. FRANCE 24's correspondent Sarah Jacob tells us more on how this issue is likely to bring the opposition in India.