Tamil Nadu News | "Purity Of Intent": Tamil Nadu Minister On Autonomy Committee

Tamil Nadu IT minister Palanivel Thiagarajan has said the fact that the DMK government formed a committee to recommend measures on state autonomy despite knowing that the report will be submitted two years later - after next year's election - is the "greatest sign of purity of intent". "The fact is that, today, the federal structure of India is more stressed than it has ever been. It has been continuously under stress since the 1960s... The series of judgments coming from the Supreme Court... tell us that we are fast descending to the notion of rock bottom in the model of federalism that was envisioned by the founding fathers," Mr Thiagarajan told NDTV.