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The imposition of President's rule, at the State level, under Article 356 of the Constitution, is one of the major irritants in the working of Centre-State relations. It can not be claimed that this provision has always been used wisely or honestly to remove a State Ministry. The Article has on occasions been invoked to serve party ends. The hypothesis, here is that the Union Government, like all other State Governments, being a party Government is not ...
Punjab has been a problem State of Indian since Independence. In 1947, it was partitioned along with the partition of India. Even while partition-wounds were getting healed. It was rocked by several agitations both against and in favour of the formation Punjabi speaking State. In 1966, the truncated Punjab was again trifurcated. Despite the formation of unilingual state in November 1966, peace has eluded it, because of the Akali demand for inclusion of the Union ...
India has a federal government, constitutionally speaking, while in reality, Indian political system has been unitary throughout. The extensive provisions of checks and balances of Centre over the States, however, brings in its wake problems and conflicts in the working of Centre-State relations. The history of Centre State relations is replete with plethora of persistent problems. The State of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Nagaland, Mizoram, kerla, ...