The Narmada-Tapi-Godavri-Mahanadi Systems
The rivers flowing through Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
A Constitutional Post causing Constitutional Crises
In the pre-Bommai case era, when a national party won elections at the Centre, it consequently asked for the resignation of the state governments not aligned with its disposition. The Centre argued that the state governments had lost the mandate of the people. It was a classic case of a tussle between the the Federal and the Unitary structure of the government. Article 1 of the Indian Constitution says that - India i.e. Bharat is a union of states while the presence of a written constitution and the Seventh schedule cement the federal structure of our polity. After the Bommai case, this dissolution of state assemblies on losing power in the Centre came to an end thus adding teeth to the federal provisions of our polity. It was naively assumed that this would end the Centre-State friction and foster harmony in their relation. Sadly, this was not to be. The battleground had just changed its location. The governor, an appointee of the Centre and an integral part of the State Government ...
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