Regional demands from different parts of India exemplify the principle of unity with diversity. Do you agree? Give reasons.

Yes, we agree with the statement because India adopted a democratic approach on these regional aspirations in place of considering them as anti-national: 

1. India’s democratic politics allows people and groups to address the people on the basis of their regional identity, aspiration, and specific regional problems. 

2. India’s democratic politics focus on regional issues and problems to receive adequate attention and accommodation in the policy-making process, i.e. regional aspirations of Assam, Punjab and North-East, Kashmir etc. 

3. Its examples are in the eighties, military erupted in Punjab, problems persisted in the North-East, students agitated in Assam and Kashmir valley was on the boil. 

4. The government of India settled down some negotiations with these regional aspirations to reduce tensions in many regions. 

5. Mizoram is an example of a political settlement to resolve the problem of separation effectively. 

It can be concluded that regional aspirations do not encourage separation but these respect diversity to retain unity in the nation.

Yes, I agree with the above statement because the question of diversity in India followed the path of democracy.

i. Democracy gives room for realisation of political aspirations of regionalism and does not regard them as anti-national. Democratic politics even allows parties and groups to address people in terms of their regional identity, aspirations and specific regional issues.

ii. In the policy making process, the democratic politics focuses on the regional problems and issues to receive adequate accommodation and attention such as regional aspiration of Assam, Punjab, Kashmir, North-East, etc.

iii. One of the examples in the eighties is when military erupted in Punjab, students agitations in Assam and problems continued in North-East.

iv. The government of India agreed on some negotiations with these regional aspirations to reduce tensions in many regions.

v. An example of political settlement would be Mizoram, where problem of separation was resolved.