In his Independence Day speech, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (August 15, 2025) reiterated that the Union government has been attempting to “snatch the rights of the State governments.”
“The State governments are forced to depend on the Union government due to the discrimination in devolution of funds and in welfare programmes though Central Acts and court judgments,” Mr. Stalin contended.
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Finding a Constitutional remedy was the only solution to this issue, Mr. Stalin said, adding that it would help in getting due authority and devolution of funds from the Union government. The existing situation of moving the courts to get the funds due to the State was not in line with the federal principles of the country, he said.
“This would affect the State’s development. It would also affect India’s integration,” Mr. Stalin said. While the States increasingly needed more power, the rights of the State governments were being snatched in key sectors, such as education, and medicine, among others.
