India's Modi appeals for peace in Manipur, months after ethnic clashes erupted in the state

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Narendra Modi appealed for peace during a Parliament debate Thursday, after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing the prime minister of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/india-manipur-ethnic-violence-ed5b68efb55190de3539543955f56a92" xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">staying silent as a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence</a>. Modi raised the conflict in Manipur state some 90 minutes into his speech in response to the no-confidence motion — and only as opposition lawmakers staged a walk-out in frustration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]