The history of modern (independent) India shows that India would not do anything to initiate an external aggression, though India would retaliate if provoked beyond an extent. In all situations of tension with neighbouring countries, India’s first preference has always been to resort to diplomatic solution, keeping military intervention as the last choice. This is what India is trying to do at this juncture when Islamabad sponsored violence has erupted in Kashmir.
Indian Constitution empowers the President to declare a National emergency on the basis of external aggression or armed rebellion in the whole of India or a part of India. Such an emergency was declared in India in 1962 during Chinese aggression, in 1971 during Pakistan war, and in 1975 declared by Indira Gandhi. The President can declare such an emergency on the basis of a written request by the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister, subject to a few other legislative compliances.
During an emergency, the term of the Lok Sabha can be successively extended by intervals of up to one year, but not beyond six months after the state of emergency has been revoked.
A national emergency modifies the federal system of government to a unitary one by granting Parliament the power to make laws on the subjects of the State List.Also, all state money bills are referred to the Parliament for its approval.
Here, the point is that with all the powers granted by the Constitution and though India is a major military power in the world, India is not very keen to demonstrate it to the world through launching an aggression against a neighbouring country. But such a restraint which is compelled by preference of peace to war is not without limits, as we have seen earlier. This is what the whole world now looks forward to. India also weighs the fact that military tension in Asia would have a direct impact on the whole of the world and wants to obviate it to the best possible extent.
Indian Constitution empowers the President to declare a National emergency on the basis of external aggression or armed rebellion in the whole of India or a part of India. Such an emergency was declared in India in 1962 during Chinese aggression, in 1971 during Pakistan war, and in 1975 declared by Indira Gandhi. The President can declare such an emergency on the basis of a written request by the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister, subject to a few other legislative compliances.
During an emergency, the term of the Lok Sabha can be successively extended by intervals of up to one year, but not beyond six months after the state of emergency has been revoked.
A national emergency modifies the federal system of government to a unitary one by granting Parliament the power to make laws on the subjects of the State List.Also, all state money bills are referred to the Parliament for its approval.
Here, the point is that with all the powers granted by the Constitution and though India is a major military power in the world, India is not very keen to demonstrate it to the world through launching an aggression against a neighbouring country. But such a restraint which is compelled by preference of peace to war is not without limits, as we have seen earlier. This is what the whole world now looks forward to. India also weighs the fact that military tension in Asia would have a direct impact on the whole of the world and wants to obviate it to the best possible extent.
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