The statehood fight: Is it about development or political egos?

November 21, 2011 14:09

On Firstpost.com: Size matters. The smaller the states the better governed they are. It is easier for people to be heard, and their development needs are taken care of better.

Central policies are easier to implement and monitor if the states are smaller. It frees people of the deprivation complex and the feeling of getting oppressed by more powerful sections from other regions of the bigger state.

Also, it fuels new aspirations. This has been the argument of the proponents of smaller states for long. Read

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