Q. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided:
Assertion (A): The Constitution has described India as a ‘Union of states’, and not a Federation.
Reason (R): Indian polity is a result of agreement between states to form an indestructible Union.
Which of the options given below is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
- Assertion (is true: Article 1 of the Constitution of India describes India as a “Union of states”, not Federation, despite its polity being federal in structure and function.
- Reason (R) is false: Indian polity is not the result of any sort of agreement between its constituent states. The states neither gave it the status of being indestructible, nor did they state that these units can secede (as seen in the case of the United States of America).
- The Indian constitution declares India to be a Union, as India is indestructible, but the states constituting it are not. They may be merged, or new ones may be created, but India as a whole can never be dissolved or finished. States in Indian polity have no right to secede from this Union.
