4.2.4. Who Should Decide if New States are to be Created?

Fourth, a new SRC might wish to ask who should decide whether new states are created. It is an interesting feature of India's constitutional settlement that despite the centralised nature of Article 3, which effectively gives the Central government the power to make or break states, the real battles over state division are fought in state level arenas. A new SRC might consider whether a state assembly’s resolution supporting bifurcation should be made a necessary requirement.