Should Chandigarh have an elected administration?

VIDEO PART I VIDEO PART II
Its mostly in Hindi and Panjabi, but this is a good discussion on representative democracy, and lack of, in Chandigarh. Historical issues, specifically the creation of Punjabi suba in 1965, and the 1984 removal of position of the Chief Commissioner in the “terrorism days”, are factors in why there is no representative government in Chandigarh today. ALso revealing is that the budget of Chandigarh is a whopping 3,900 crore rupees = $780 million. Not bad at all – a very pampered city. The city of Seattle, by comparison, has a budget of about $950 million!

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