Question

How has center state relations evolved in India after independence?

Answer 1

(1) for a long time, same party used to rule both the state and center.so the states did not practice any autonomous powers.
(2) as when the ruling party at the state and center was different, the center tried to undermined the power of states. the center misused the the constitution to dismiss the rival state parties.
(3) so the spirit of federalism was undermined.
(4) this phase changed from 1990. this period saw the rise of several regional parties in many states of India.
(5) this was the beginning of era of coalition governments at the center.
(6) therefore no single party received a single majority in the lok sabha elections.
(7) thus the major national parties had to enter into an alliance with many other parties including several regional parties.
(8) this led to a new culture of power sharing and respect for the autonomy of state governments.
(9) this trend was supported by the supreme court
(10) thus power sharing, federalism is more prevalent today.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

For a long

time, the same party ruled both at the

Centre and in most of the States. This

meant that the State governments did

not exercise their rights as autonomous

federal units. As and when the ruling

party at the State level was different,

the parties that ruled at the Centre tried

to undermine the power of the States.

In those days, the Central Government

would often misuse the Constitution

to dismiss the State governments that

were controlled by rival parties. This

undermined the spirit of federalism.

All this changed significantly

after 1990. This period saw the rise

of regional political parties in many

States of the country. This was also

the beginning of the era of

COALITION GOVERNMENTS at the

Centre. Since no single party got a

clear majority in the Lok Sabha, the

major national parties had to enter

into an alliance with many parties

including several regional parties to

form a government at the Centre.

This led to a new culture of power

sharing and respect for the autonomy

of State Governments. This trend was supported by a major judgement of

the Supreme Court that made it

difficult for the Central Government

to dismiss state governments in an

arbitrary manner. Thus, federal

power sharing is more effective today

than it was in the early years after

the Constitution came into force.