Majority Report
For most of independent India’s history, President’s Rule was imposed on an average of 2.5 times a year. Now it’s rarely invoked. Here’s what changed the game for Indian federalism.
Alok Prasanna Kumar is an advocate based in Bengaluru. He's a co-founder and senior resident fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He writes a regular column for theEconomic and Political Weekly(Law and Society) andDeccan Herald(Articles of Faith). He is a co-host of the Ganatantra podcast. When not doing any of the above, Alok uses his legal training to argue that Star Wars is fantasy and Harry Potter is science fiction.