Governance and Conflict Politics in Jammu and Kashmir: A Case Study from Accession to Insurgency

The paper analyses the factors responsible for the governance deficit in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and how far the Kashmir conflict has affected the democratic governance in the state. An attempt has been made in the paper to answer the question, how insurgency has impacted the governance in the state? The paper also studies the importance of constitutional arrangements between the Centre Government and the State Government with special reference of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution under which more autonomy and special status has been given to this particular state. In addition, an attempt has been made to find out the democratic and governance deficit in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that has created by the process of amending the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution from the year of 1952.