[Assam] Demands for Separate states in India

[Rajib Das]

> it becomes more expensive and may actually not serve
> the purpose. A new
> state means, a new capital, new revenue/expense
> streams and bureaucracy that
> goes along with it.

Or it could mean a better return on the investment
because the charter of the new state is focused. 

 
> One can visualize a case for Nagaland or Meghalaya,
> but what if Nalbari or
> Jorhat want a separate state (because Dispur dosen't
> take care of say
> development in those areas). Will that hold water?

You know - it could sometimes. If ever the prevailing
idealogy in the power centers need to address let's
say Upper Assam and Lower Assam differences and
accompanying grievances come about in Dibrugarh.

> Specially, when the
> people in those areas are 'Assamese' and not much
> difference otherwise.

"Assamese" is an identity, currently in vogue. If it
changes to divisions such as "Upper Assamese" or
"Lower Assamese" or some such thing because of
injustice being meted out. Division of identity or
even the dissolutions of those divisions is not static
- it changes over time. 





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