Meitei Salami Slicing Policy: A Strategic Approach to Land Grabbing and Tribal Marginalization
The salami slicing policy refers to achieving a larger goal through incremental, almost imperceptible steps, making it difficult for others to notice. In geopolitics, an example of this is China’s actions in the South China Sea and along the Indo-China border. Similarly, this strategy appears to be employed by the Meitei-led government in Manipur, as evidenced by their seemingly biased actions, which have been widely criticized on social media and reflected in government-issued orders. Unfortunately, the Manipur government has come to be seen as synonymous with the Meitei government—a fact that should no longer remain an open secret. For too long, we have failed to recognize their broader plan to encroach upon our lands. It seems, however, that on May 3, 2023, their hidden agenda was exposed, perhaps as a consequence of divine justice.India is a federal democracy with a unitary bias, and our constitution embraces asymmetrical federalism. This ensures that some states or regions h...
