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Question
Regional demands from different parts of India exemplify the principle of unity with diversity. Do you agree? Give reasons.
Solution
Yes, we agree with the statement because India adopted a democratic approach to these regional aspirations in place of considering them as anti-national:-
- India’s democratic politics allows people and groups to address the people based on their regional identity, aspirations, and specific regional problems.
- India’s democratic politics focus on regional issues and problems to receive adequate attention and accommodation in the policy-making process, i.e. regional aspirations of Assam, Punjab and North-East, Kashmir, etc.
- Its examples are in the eighties, military erupted in Punjab, problems persisted in the North-East, students agitated in Assam and Kashmir valley was on the boil.
- The government of India settled down some negotiations with these regional aspirations to reduce tensions in many regions.
- Mizoram is an example of a political settlement to resolve the separation problem effectively.
It can be concluded that regional aspirations do not encourage separation, but these respect diversity to retain unity in the nation.
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