We will continue to use the term ‘Union government’, says Stalin
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday made it clear that the DMK authorities would continue to use the term “Union government” to refer to the Centre, recalling that the DMK, in its election manifesto in 1957 itself, had used the term “Indian Union”. The Constitution, too, described India as a “union of States”, he stated.
“We have used it and will continue to use it,” he stated in the Assembly, responding to BJP flooring chief Nainar Nagendran, who questioned whether or not there was any motive behind utilizing the phrase “union”.
Mr. Stalin and the DMK had began utilizing the term “Union government” as a substitute of “Central government” because it took over the reins of the new authorities.
When Mr. Nagendran wished a response from the Chief Minister, Mr. Stalin stated there was no want to concern the phrase, since Rajaji [C. Rajagopalachari] himself had spoken in opposition to the extreme focus of energy at the Centre, and in favour of true federalism. “Late Ma.Po.Si. [Sivagnanam] used the word samasti,” he stated.
Mr. Stalin stated there was no want to deal with the utilization of the phrase “union” as a “social crime” as a result of some folks had been taking it in that sense. “We are using only what is in the Constitution,” he stated, recalling the phrase, “India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of States.”
He stated India was constituted by its States. “Some accuse us of using a word not used by our leaders Anna (C.N. Annadurai) and Kalaignar (M. Karunanidhi). But the DMK used the term Indian Union in its election manifesto in 1957,” he stated.
He additionally recalled Anna’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on January 25, 1963, wherein he stated: “As per the preface to the Constitution, the sovereignty resides in the people, and legal sovereignty is divided between a federal union and its constituents, that is the States.”
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