Regional disputes in India

1. Dr. L. Mothilal, Pondicherry University, India, Jan-2016 – mothilal2020@gmail.com
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REGIONAL DISPUTES
Regional disputes are bound to arise in a vast country of more than 120 crore population:
Reasons:
1. Secularism & Democracy: leading to practice any religion and float new political
parties
2. India is a sub-continent: vast nation with minor to major differences in
climate, geography, religion, culture - need area
specific policies (single political party with common
agenda may not be able to address the needs of the
whole nation)
3. Imbalanced Regional Development:
a. A.P.- Telangana, Andhra & Rayalaseema
b. Industrially well-developed states versus others
c. Public welfare schemes – better in South India
d. Concentration of I.T. and Automobile Industries
e. Literacy levels

2. Dr. L. Mothilal, Pondicherry University, India, Jan-2016 – mothilal2020@gmail.com
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4. Inheritance of colonial geographic regions after independence of India: Example-
a. Pondicherry merged in India in 1954
b. Goa
c. Jammu & Kashmir
d. Others
5. Regional Political Parties:
a. Strong regional parties have more cabinet ministers in union government
and get more industries and investment in their state and create more
regional imbalances
b. Power Politics: New & existing leaders desperately look to get political
power and in this process promoting regional cultural issues such as
language – Marathi &Tamil
6. International Conflicts:
a. Border issues with China and Pakistan – lead to permanent internal
conflicts in North Eastern States and Jammu Kashmir
b. LTTE & Tamilnadu’s support for Tamils’ cause
7. International Terrorism:
a. Internal ideological and physical support
b. Internationally uneven development of nations lead poor people to turn to
religious fanatics
8. Scare Natural Resources: Water, Minerals etc.