Summary:
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) There is a need for review of the Constitution to make it truly federal, DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said here on Saturday.
Pitching for opposition unity across the nation to take on the BJP, Stalin said, "Individual voices here and there are not much of use.
It should be a united voice.
It is not enough if we are together only in a few States.
We should stand united in all States.
We should be an all-India force." Addressing the CPI"s Kerala State conference"s session on federalism and Centre-State relations, Stalin recalled the dismissal of elected Left and DMK governments, decades ago, in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively by the Centre invoking Article 356 of the Constitution.
Stalin asserted: "There is a need for review and re-appraisal of the Constitution.
Until the Indian Constitution is amended to be truly federal, from the current status of quasi-federal, we shall not stop.