My India

Every now and then people raise demands for separate states in our country. The root cause of this is unequal development. Power hungry politicians take advantage of genuine grievances and lead violent movements. This worsens the situation.

The best thing to do is abolish the states and make the districts an autonomous unit.  Approx 642 districts each will have a M.P. (Loksabha) who will also be the ‘Chief District Minister’ – instead of the C.M. of a state. The C.D.M. will rule the district and select its own team to govern. Ambitious politicians will be directly responsible for the welfare of its district and will get no excuse to blame others for lack of development or any misdeed.

The country will have about 12-20 zones looked after by Governors (similar to state governors at present) who will take charge of the law and order of the districts under its zone with police under its control. There will be no political control over police.

There will be 200- 250 seats in Rajyasabha proportionately divided among political parties on the basis of percentage of votes gained during National Polls- the parties will select its members. At present the votes gained by the runner-up/ nearest looser in the polls are wasted. But in the suggested system they will add to the overall percentage of a party and will be reflected in the Rajyasabha. 

There will be only one National Poll every five years, unnecessary expenditure on several polls will be reduced.

The total number of politicians will be reduced (no MLAs) at the same time the M.P.s will get greater autonomy and funds to rule their district and select their own team freely (some good MLAs will get chance in this team). They will have all the freedom and responsibility to improve their districts. The people of marginalized / backward districts in each state will get a better chance of development.

Disclaimer: This is only a thought and in no way any comment on the Constitution of India or any individual, politician or political party whatsoever.