The Black Hole of Centralization: Subnational Emergency Invocations During the Tenures of Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi

IF 0.9 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Panch Rishi Dev Sharma
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The constitutional provision of “Subnational Emergency” under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, 1950, extraordinarily empowers the central (union) government to acquire executive and legislative powers of the states (subnational units) on the occurrence of an undefined and largely unrestrained state of “constitutional machinery failure” emergency. Since 1950, central governments have imposed 121 subnational emergency invocations covering almost all Indian states at least once. The oft-abused subnational emergency power has generated a black hole of centralization overpowering the gravity of federalism, constitutionalism, and democracy in India. The frequency of subnational emergency invocations reaches its zenith during the regimes of single-party personality-dominated central governments. The article comparatively explores two of the most prominent tenures of single-party personality-dominated central governments under Indira Gandhi (1967–1977, 1980–1984) and Narendra Modi (2014–2024) regarding the grounds, manner, justifications, and state of restraints on subnational emergency power.

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中央集权的黑洞:英迪拉·甘地和纳伦德拉·莫迪任期内的次国家紧急情况
1950年《印度宪法》第356条关于“地方紧急状态”的宪法规定特别授权中央(联邦)政府在“宪法机器失灵”紧急状态发生时获得各邦(地方单位)的行政权和立法权。自1950年以来,中央政府已经实施了121次地方紧急调用,覆盖了几乎所有印度邦至少一次。经常被滥用的地方紧急权力在印度形成了一个中央集权的黑洞,它压倒了联邦制、宪政和民主的引力。地方紧急状态的频率在一党专政的中央政府统治时期达到顶峰。本文比较探讨了英迪拉·甘地(1967-1977年,1980-1984年)和纳伦德拉·莫迪(2014-2024年)领导的两个最著名的一党专政的中央政府任期,包括对地方紧急权力的限制的依据、方式、理由和状态。
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