Kashmir move spells trouble for other Indian states
India's federalism has in fact, been hard-earned and hard-fought.
State governors, usually political appointees of the the ruling federal government, have helped clamp direct rule in states where there has been a"failure of constitutional machinery". Such direct rule has been declared in Indian states 88 times between 1951 and 1997.Kashmiris themselves were not consulted before Article 370 was revoked
"What is more worrying is this can happen to any other state. The federal government can dissolve a state government, ride roughshod over the consultative process, split the state and downgrade its status. Also worrying is the near-complete collapse of resistance to the move with most of the civil society, media and regional parties remaining silent or protesting very feebly."
However, India has a history of reconciling separatist aspirations. Where else, many say, could an insurgent leader who fought a guerrilla war for independence for a quarter of a century go on to become an elected state chief minister? But this is exactly what happened when the rebel leader Laldenga signed an accord with the Indian government in the north-eastern state of Mizoram in 1986.
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