Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
walked out of an important meeting in
Delhi today being chaired by the Prime
Minister. She alleged that she had been
insulted because she had not been
allowed to deliver her entire speech. The
meeting of the National Development
Council - attended by all chief ministers
and cabinet ministers - is scheduled to
discuss and approve the country's
financial agenda for the next five years.
(Read full speech here)
Chief Ministers had been asked to limit
their speeches to 10 minutes each. Ms
Jayalalithaa's address was considerably
longer, and repeatedly attacked Dr
Manmohan Singh's government.
Here are some highlights:
States are placed at the whim and mercy
of petty bureaucrats in different
ministries
Big brother attitude has come to
characterise the Centre
Centre is caught up in the daily squabbles
of its constituents. In merely trying to
survive from day to day, it has neither
the time not the inclination to pay
attention to the problems of this country
The big brotherly and undemocratic
approach of superimposing on elected
state governments, the dubious policies ,
priorities and programmes of a minority
ruling coterie in Centre has prevailed
Every single legitimate request made to
Centre is stymied
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