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“Article 2 of the Indian Constitution: Admission and Establishment of New States”

Article 2 of the Indian Constitution Gives the Parliament of the country the authority, with certain terms and conditions, to create a new state from the existing states or to admit any new state that was not previously a part of India into the Union. Article 2: "Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit." Explanation of Article 2 Article 2 grants two important powers to the Indian Parliament: The Parliament, without any prior permission from the President, has the authority to admit an already existing state or to establish a new state. Admission of an Existing State For example, Sikkim was not originally a part of India. Later, sensing a threat from China, it temporarily merged with India, and in the same year, 1975, it became an integral part of the country. Establishment of a New State If there is a region that does not already exist as a state, and circumstances demand that it should now b...