Three Union Territories — Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli — are run by ex-BJP leaders. A recent EC order has effectively exempted the office from the model code of conduct.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
What this underlines is that by no sensible criterion can J & K be regarded as a UT. Delhi is an exception, for different reasons, since it is the federal capital. Otherwise, union territories are small slivers of land which due to various historical reasons are neither here nor there. Their population is too small for the majesty of statehood to be conferred upon them. 2. The National Conference has today challenged the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court, so there will soon be legal clarity on this. However, the conversion of this bejewelled state into a UT is something totally incomprehensible.
The only plausible explanation for converting J & K into a UT is that it will help the central government deal more effectively with security challenges. However, for all practical purposes, the security establishment has always enjoyed complete freedom and latitude to do what it considers necessary. The promise of a transition back to eventual statehood may not find many takers in the Valley at the moment.
What this underlines is that by no sensible criterion can J & K be regarded as a UT. Delhi is an exception, for different reasons, since it is the federal capital. Otherwise, union territories are small slivers of land which due to various historical reasons are neither here nor there. Their population is too small for the majesty of statehood to be conferred upon them. 2. The National Conference has today challenged the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court, so there will soon be legal clarity on this. However, the conversion of this bejewelled state into a UT is something totally incomprehensible.
The only plausible explanation for converting J & K into a UT is that it will help the central government deal more effectively with security challenges. However, for all practical purposes, the security establishment has always enjoyed complete freedom and latitude to do what it considers necessary. The promise of a transition back to eventual statehood may not find many takers in the Valley at the moment.