why indian political leaders give india the status of a union of states why not fedral country
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Federalism is an important feature of the constitutional
structure of the Indian democracy. It is perhaps adopted on the
Canadian model. There were specific and valid reasons for calling our
polity as union of states, and not a federation. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had
his own justification and explanation to offer. According to him the
Indian federation was not the result of an agreement by the states to
join in a federation and that the federation not being the result of an
agreement, no state has the right to secede from it.5 The federation in
India is a union because it is indestructible. The country is one
integral whole... the drafting committee thought that it was better to
make it clear at the outset rather than to leave it to speculation or to
dispute. The explanation, coming as it does, from the chairman of the
drafting committee, is significant and throws sufficient light on the
nature of our polity and inter- governmental relations. It is relevant to
any discussion on the relations between the centre and the states in
our country, even after over three and half decades of constitutional
experience. As if this was not sufficient, a law was enacted
subsequently to make it more clear and specific that our federation is
indestructible. Such an emphatic enactment came in the wake of the
secessionist forces forged out by some political parties like the Dravida
Munnetra Kazagam in Tamil Nadu, to set at rest the controversy
regarding the constitutional position of the states in the Indian union.
structure of the Indian democracy. It is perhaps adopted on the
Canadian model. There were specific and valid reasons for calling our
polity as union of states, and not a federation. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had
his own justification and explanation to offer. According to him the
Indian federation was not the result of an agreement by the states to
join in a federation and that the federation not being the result of an
agreement, no state has the right to secede from it.5 The federation in
India is a union because it is indestructible. The country is one
integral whole... the drafting committee thought that it was better to
make it clear at the outset rather than to leave it to speculation or to
dispute. The explanation, coming as it does, from the chairman of the
drafting committee, is significant and throws sufficient light on the
nature of our polity and inter- governmental relations. It is relevant to
any discussion on the relations between the centre and the states in
our country, even after over three and half decades of constitutional
experience. As if this was not sufficient, a law was enacted
subsequently to make it more clear and specific that our federation is
indestructible. Such an emphatic enactment came in the wake of the
secessionist forces forged out by some political parties like the Dravida
Munnetra Kazagam in Tamil Nadu, to set at rest the controversy
regarding the constitutional position of the states in the Indian union.
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