Not every disagreement between States and the Union is the same, and the Union must develop newer conventions to foster cooperation. In this context, analyse the implementation of National Register on Citizens. (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· The Chief Ministers of at least 11 States have expressed their unwillingness to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
· Two of these States, West Bengal and Kerala, have stayed all work on the National Population Register (NPR), which is the foundational register from which the NRC will be built.
· State governments have sufficient grounds to be concerned about the validity of the NPR.
· For example, Article 355 enjoins the Union to “... ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution”.
· When State governments raised concerns about the NPR, the Union insisted that States are under a constitutional duty to implement laws passed by Parliament — a position that a superficial reading of the Constitution may support.
· The NPR-NRC exercise is likely to place an undue burden on every single citizen of India.
· Compelling the most marginalised Indians to prove their citizenship under an arbitrary and obscure process is likely to cause widespread challenges to law and order.
· The Union, in compelling States to implement the NPR by ignoring the widespread dissent against it will be interfering with these exclusive powers of States.
· States, therefore, are entitled to more deference than mere reminders of their duty to obey Central laws.
· In abiding by their oaths, States may require the Union to find a constitutional way to fulfil its purported objective, by withholding cooperation in a federal scheme.
· The Union government can include States in how decisions are made and enforced, or it can depend on archaic emergency provisions to enforce its will.
Shantanu tiwari 5 years
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