What is Article 370? Article 370 of the Indian Constitution used to give special status to the region of Jammu and Kashmir. The article was drafted in Part XXI of the Constitution: Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions. Under this article all the provisions of the constitution which are applicable to other states are not applicable to J&K. For example, till 1965, J&K had a Sadr-e-Riyasat for governor and prime minister in place of chief minister. This article along with Article 35A defined that the J&K state's resident live under separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to resident of other Indian states. As a result of this provision, Indian citizens from other states cannot purchase land or property in Jammu and Kashmir. History of Article 370 In October, 1947, after signing on the Instrument of Accession by the then Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, three subjects on...

Source:  https://www.eci.gov.in/ General Election, the biggest Democratic 'Festival' (comes every five year) was ended on 19.05.2019. This festival was observed in 543 constituencies across 29 states and 7 Union Territories (UTs), spread over a month, in seven phases. About 900 million citizens were eligible to vote in one of the seven phases depending on the region. More than 350 political parties of various sizes and ideologies contested to win the trust of the people and vie to win seats in Lok Sabha. The finale (counting of votes) will be concluded on 23 May, 2019. Some of the important national issues (according to me) on which General Election - 2019 was fought on are as follows: National Security India in the recent times have been struggling with the problem of terrorism. Action against terrorism and extremism was the main focus by the majority of the political parties. The issue of lousy procurement policies in defense and declining defense budget was als...

The long burning issue of Rohingya Muslim has suddenly became the center point of political discussions in India, many petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court (by the Rohingyas themselves). Indian government is insisting on deportation of Rohingya linking this decision with the National Security. But the core issue with the deportation is that Myanmar does not consider Rohigyas as their citizens, but consider them as immigrants. (For more on Rohingya read my earlier blog  here ). Repercussion of violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar (Western part) are felt around the world,  particularly in the neighboring countries like Bangladesh, India and other South East Asian nations. Due to the ongoing tension in Myanmar many Rohingya people fled Myanmar and over 40,000 made their way to India, many of whom are registered with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), and stay in refugee camps. The U nion Minster of state for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju called them i...

About Rohingya: The controversy surrounding Myanmar's Rohingya people (Muslim) is evident in conflicting stories about the ethnic group's origin. Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan people from Rankine State Myanmar. The majority are Muslim, while a minority are Hindu. Rohingya Muslims numbers more than a million today in Myanmar.  The Burmese government and Burmese Historians argue that the Rohingya are actually Bengali Muslims, refusing to recognize the term "Rohingya".  They do not consider the Rohigyas as their citizens and consider them to be immigrants who brought in from Bangladesh during the British Colonial Era of 1824-1948. Majority of Rakhine Buddhists believe that "Rohingya" is a fabricated religious identity. They go on to cite historical document to claim that the Burmese past never had a community called Rohingya and that those who refer to themselves by the name are basically immigrants from modern day Bangladesh who were brough...

Eighteen soldiers were killed by four heavily armed terrorist/militant on September 18, 2016 in Uri area of Baramulla district (Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir). It is not the first time that some militant or terrorist group had attacked India. In early this year there was an attack on Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force. From time to time India had faced many such terrorist attacks along with a constant insurgence by the militants/terrorist in state of Jammu and Kashmir (most Terrorist come from State of Pakistan). India had always tolerated it and tried to go by the procedure. But this time it was different as India had it all, now the Indian government is trying to reciprocate the actions done by the Pakistan, in a diplomatic manner. In this view the Modi government has embarked on a series of retaliatory steps including - sustained diplomatic offensive, reviewing 56-year-old water treaty, boycotting regional inter...

Some Facts and Comparison: India is a diversified country having populous of peoples belonging to different race, caste and religions. According to the recent census, 2011, the population of India is estimated as 1210 millions. India is ranked second largest populated country in the world, right behind China whose population is 1340 millions (census 2010). It is evident from the trend of the growth that India is going to leave behind China in coming years, and will become the most populated country in the the world. India holds 17.5% of the total world population but has only 2.4% of total land area in the world, while China hold 20% population and has 7% of land area. USA has 6% of world population and 7% of the land area, while Russia holds only 5% of the population and has 12% of the land area. Latest Trend of Population (source: google.co.in) Achievements and failures by Indian Governments in past 67 years: Achievements:  Governments since Independenc...

Mr. Narendra Modi, the 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat, will now take oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India. He, Mr. Narendra Modi, has changed the face of the Indian Politics. Now, I am going to discuss this new face of the politics which he bought by him recently, in that context I will talk about the interest taken by the voters, joining and dissolving of the different parties, the invitations etc. Before discussing anything, I will give some limelight about Mr. Narendra Modi. He is Ex-Chief Minister of Gujarat, now going to be the chief of government, chief advisor to the President of India, head of the Coincil of ministers as addressed in the Constitution of India i.e the Prime Minister of India. He is one of the most successful Chief Minister among all CM's of India, he spent 4610 days in the office (not the largest), and he is the most popular person too. In the 16th Lok Sabha election, he is the PM candidate from BJP side. He is the person who made the youngster of I...

The promises are made and then broken by every politician in the country, but Arvind Kejriwal called himself as a representative of a common man does that too. I will list some of his promises then, describe how he broke it. On an interview with the Times Now NEWS channel he said, he will never fight election and he don't want to hold any position in his life. But what happened, he made his own party (AAP) and fought VIDHAN SABHA election from DELHI and sworn as CHIEF MINISTER of DELHI on 28th December, 2013, what happened to his sayings then. Also before and after the election he repeatedly said that, his party will never take or give support to CONGRESS and BJP because both the parties are corrupted and he wants to make a corruption free party, but what happened in a greed to be a CM he accepted a support from the congress, by saying that it is a decision of the public. Now he is supporting Rahul Gandhi (Member of Congress) as the best fit candidate for Prime Minister for t...