Overview

• At a National Seminar in Chennai, the Chief Minister inaugurated the High-Level Committee’s public consultation tools, including an official website and an online questionnaire open nationwide.
• He alleged the BJP-led Union government denies Tamil Nadu its due share from tax devolution and undermines Finance Commissions, describing the actions as driven by narrow political motives.
• Stalin accused the Centre of using legislative and administrative levers, including gubernatorial conduct, to unsettle opposition-ruled states.
• Former Supreme Court judges Jasti Chelameswar and Kurian Joseph backed deeper debate, stressing the principle of “Constitution first” and urging coordination among states on Union–state relations.
• The Chief Minister called on other states to set up similar panels and reiterated Tamil Nadu’s resistance to Hindi imposition and its two-language policy, noting parallel pushes in Karnataka, West Bengal and Maharashtra.