Flipkart

Flipkart.com
Showing posts with label state legislature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state legislature. Show all posts

2 Mar 2012

NCTC row: How to lose allies and alienate the opposition

The recent embarrassment regarding the formulation of the "National counter terrorism centre" is another chink in the armour for the centre which is already in a weak position.

P Chidambaram's black marks, Manmohan Singh's silence, Strong chief ministers, Dual ruling, lack of cooperation among allies and leaving the opposition out in the cold are some of the factors that has brought this system to such a fragile condition.

NV Subramanyam elaborates...



1 Mar 2012

Centre must not stall state legislations


The editorial calls for the central government to expedite the review/approvals of the various state legislature bills passed, especially by the opposition ruled states. The government-governor disputes in many states (especially Karnataka, Gujarat) has added to this enormous delay in passing the bills. Neither does this put good light on the federal structure of the country, nor does the government send signals to the people of those states about the intent of the center.

The editorial also points to the cases where the center and states have collaborated well (Tamilnadu and Meghalaya with their governor appointments) and calls for such healthy exchanges.


"The Supreme Court has in fixing three months as the period within which the Centre will have to decide on applications seeking sanction for prosecution of officials has set an example which may have to be followed in this case too."