In a letter to the Kerala CM, Stalin said, “I want to express my sincere appreciation for your efforts in drawing the attention of the Supreme Court to the pressing issue of the Union Government’s attempts to stifle State Governments by exercising arbitrary and discriminatory control over their deficit financing.”The Left government in Kerala, which has been blaming the Centre for the state’s financial woes, had in its budget attacked the Union government, saying that it was pushing the state towards the worst financial crisis in its history.Today, various Left ministers, including state Finance Minister K N Balagopal, Industries and Law Minister P Rajeev and Revenue Minister K Rajan, put up posts on their Facebook handles about the upcoming protest on February 8.Balagopal said that the protest was against the Centre’s interference in the administrative process and allocation of funds to the states, which subvert the principles of federalism.Asserting that the Centre’s alleged attempt to slow down Kerala’s development activities through economic restrictions needs to be resisted, Rajeev said that is why the protest is being held in Delhi.Non-BJP governments in various states have expressed solidarity with Kerala in its protest, he said.
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