Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a constitution in the assembly on Tuesday, amidst his government conflict with the Center. High level committee Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph led to resolve the autonomy and concerns of the states Federalism,
The panel has been tasked to protect the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the states and recommend measures to propose to improve relations between the Central and State Government. An interim report is expected by January next year and a complete report in two years.
The BJP and AIADMK exited the assembly and opposed the CM’s move, while DMK colleagues supported Stalin. BJP state president Nanar Nagentharan expressed concern over the demand for “total autonomy”, questioning its fairness and suitability.
“I keep it on record with pain,” Stalin said, “expressing concern about the erosion of” Rights of states And the need to fight for people’s fundamental rights “. Later, he said on X,” A strong association is not created by weak states. This is made by making them strong. And once again, Tamil Nadu rises to lead this call. “He said that the stable encroachment in the” right domain “of the union government states has disrupted the constitutional balance.
The committee consists of Ashok Vardhan Shetty, former Vice Chancellor of Indian Marine University and former vice -president of Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission M Naganathan.
The committee would recommend measures to restore subjects that were transported from the state to the concurrent list; The address “challenges faced by states in providing good governance”; Ensure that states have maximum autonomy in administration, assemblies and judicial courts without compromising the unity and integrity of the country; And in 1969, consider the recommendations of the Rajmannar panel constituted by former CM and Stalin’s father, late M Karunanidhi.
The recommendations of the Rajmannar Committee on Center-State relations were accepted by the TN Assembly on 16 April 1974. Subsequently, the Center established the Sarkaria Commission in 1983 and the Justice Poonchi Committee in 2004.
Stalin expressed disappointment that the previous reports had not changed. He said, “The Union Government is rapidly taking important powers such as health, law and finance in the concurrent list in the state list,” he said, arguing that education should be returned to the state list.
Expressing disappointment over AIADMK’s walk-out before his announcement, Stalin said that former Chief Ministers MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa tied up with DMK in realizing the demands of the people, regardless of the differences.
