India's polity: crisis of governance

I have chosen this topic for discussion as I believe that, as we look deeper and wider in the functioning of our polity, we have to recognise that we are at cross roads. Unless we tackle some of the emerging problems, the process of national integration, which is a hallmark of India's democratic heritage, may itself be at stake. Already 170 districts in India (out of 560), according to official sources, are ungovernable. Some years ago, the Prime Minister himself referred to this as the "single biggest internal security challenge faced by our country".

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