THINK!

India is a union of 28 fairly independent states governed by elected state legislators and a Chief Minister. In the initial stages of our republic, Nehru and Indira Gandhi used to treat the States as their personal fiefdom but for the past two decades, the Central Government has kept its hands off the administration of ‘Indian States’. This is the constitutional way of center-state relationship. Having said that, some ‘State Governments’ have been acting rather unilaterally and high-handedly. Punjab and Tamil Nadu are on top of my mind at this point followed by West Bengal, Kashmir and Gujarat. All five States are prone to regional jingoism, not to forget the goonda Raj in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The minorities in these states are always on the edge!

Once again Punjab is on fire and the State Government is probably playing politics. In such circumstances, it should be incumbent on the federal government to intervene and protect the life and the, property of the citizens. In any case, the Akalis have been in power for too long and the rot has set in. Unfortunately, the Congress leadership in Punjab is worst. It is time Rahul Gandhi starts building the youth cadre in all 20 districts of Punjab. We do not know too much about Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and the son of Prakash Singh Badal, the current CM of Punjab. We only hope he is a little more enlightened and secular compared to his predecessors! Punjab remains a sensitive border state and a national concern.

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