The most troubled state in the Indian Union is Jammu and Kashmir and the issues and problems emanating there are largely manufactured ones. Dirty parochial politics has been ruining the state for long. As a matter of fact, Jammu and Kashmir has been lucky enough to get special packages and privileges almost consistently and yet it has failed to translate these benefits into economic gains. However, these privileges do not automatically confer any right on the state to think and act beyond the Constitution of the country. In this context, the recent Supreme Court ruling against any sovereignty to Jammu and Kashmir outside the Indian Constitution is most welcome and appropriate. It is perfectly right that the constitution of the frontier state is subordinate to the nation’s Constitution.
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