CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Internal security threats posed by separatist and secessionist tendencies, fueled by politically and communally motivated vested interests, are a significant concern for India’s integrity. The enhanced and emphatic role and the assertive participation of regional political parties in Indian political landscape are seen to causing cracks and throwing up serious security threats to the otherwise strong edifice of the constitutional democracy of our country.
The strength of regional parties, holding rein of states, with sole regional interests, and absence of national vision and perpetually in discord with central govt, are as under, based on latest elections.
Punjab:
State Assembly: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 92 seats out of 117 (79%).
Parliament: AAP won 12 seats out of 13 (92%).
West Bengal:
State Assembly: Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 213 seats out of 294 (73%).
Parliament: TMC won 23 seats out of 42 (55%).
Tamil Nadu:
State Assembly: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won 133 seats out of 234 (57%).
Parliament: DMK won 24 seats out of 39 (62%).
North Eastern States:
Assam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 63 seats out of 126 (50%) in the state assembly and 9 seats out of 14 (64%) in parliament.