Indian Constitutional Amendments and State Formations

• In case of a union territory, no reference need be made to the concerned legislature to ascertain its views and the Parliament can itself take any action as it deems fit. • Parliament can redraw the political map of India according to its will. Hence, the territorial integrity or continued existence of any state is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Therefore, India is rightly described as an indestructible union of destructible states'. • The Union Government can destroy the states whereas the state governments cannot destroy the Union.

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