India’s dilemma as Myanmar heads towards a sham vote
India’s two-track policy will persist as China’s influence expands.
Updated At : 02:31 AM Dec 03, 2025 IST
MYANMAR is a disturbed country: it has the longest direct and indirect military rule since its independence in 1948, a military that was never under civilian control and a hybrid government resembling the ones in Thailand and Pakistan. The Junta, led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, executed a constitutional coup in 2021 which for the first time was contested by a resistance force — ethnic armed organisations, People's Defence Force and a National Unity Government — which control more than 50 per cent of the territory but is divided and autonomous.
