{"id":7361,"date":"2017-03-18T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/?p=7361"},"modified":"2017-03-18T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:11:08","slug":"great-debate-cooperate-compete-new-federalism-devendra-fadnavis-mehbooba-mufti-sayeed-shivraj-singh-chouhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/18\/great-debate-cooperate-compete-new-federalism-devendra-fadnavis-mehbooba-mufti-sayeed-shivraj-singh-chouhan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Debate: Cooperate and Compete: The New Federalism – Devendra Fadnavis , Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed and Shivraj Singh Chouhan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whatever we have asked for from the Centre, we have got. There is no discrimination -\u00c2\u00a0The New Federalism<\/em><\/h3>\n

India Today Group Chairman and Editor-in-chief Aroon Purie welcomed the audience to the 16th edition of the India Today Conclave and the first in Mumbai. Commencing the conclave, Mr. Purie introduced the topic of the year- \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Great Disruption\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the speakers for the first session, The New Federalism.<\/p>\n

The Centre is encouraging the idea of cooperative federalism which means that states play an important role in the development of the nation. All three chief ministers, Devendra Fadnavis, Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, agreed that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Team India comprises the various states and the CMs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Although people say Mr Modi is authoritarian, he is not. He is open to ideas and has tried to develop the country as a true federal structure,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed, CM, J&K said.<\/p>\n

\"IndiaDevendra Fadnavis said that certain key Mumbai projects which were pending for several years for clearances have now been approved. According to Fadnavis, the biggest disruption is the inclusion of environment aspects into the development projects of cities. In Maharashtra, the government does not need to go to Delhi for clearances for construction of up to 1 lakh square metres. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is a huge sense of positivity,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n

For the development of the nation, states have to compete with each other; not parties or leaders. While Mehbooba Mufti agreed that Jammu and Kashmir is lagging behind the others, she said it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not because of states competing with each other and appealed to the Centre and other states for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153handholding.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Even as the BJP is spreading to various states, regional parties cannot be ignored since they represent aspirations of the regional people. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153While some regional parties are gone for now, they are not out,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mehbooba Mufti. However, she stressed on the need for the opinions of regional parties to be taken into account in key policy decisions. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our sensitivities are different and we do have a role as far as our relationships with other countries such as Pakistan. Our role needs to be considered since we are the victims. But whenever we have asked for anything, no minister has said no. We get whatever we need,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

The state of Jammu and Kashmir needs special assistance because of its sensitive nature. Mufti appealed to the Centre and other states for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153handholding\u00e2\u20ac\u009d since the state is lagging behind most others. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is not because other states are competing with us; it is because we are a border state and have certain sensitivities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. Article 370 is not impediment to the development of Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti invites people to visit Kashmir with their families, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153enjoy the spring or the autumn of Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. She said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Despite the encounters in certain parts of the valley, Kashmir is one of the safest places in the country where women can walk around freely.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Despite changing political trends, in a democracy, every party continues to be important. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No party can finish off any other party, only the people can finish a party. The Prime Minister has set different standards and parties have to match or break those standards. The battle of ideas can be fought with development and ideas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Fadnavis.<\/p>\n

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Mehbooba Mufti: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are the victims of the relationship between the two countries.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Devendra Fadnavis: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The decision on demonetisation shows that it was taken with desh bhakti. Any major decisions related to defense or to RBI are exclusively the Centre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s domain.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have cooperative federalism. The states are not discriminated against. The Niti Ayog has chief ministers from different states irrespective of their parties.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

When asked if the Shiv Sena, an alliance partner in the Maharashtra government, was playing the role of Fadnavis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 biggest opposition, the Chief Minister said: Our inspiration is Mr Vajpayee, if he could run a government with 22 parties, I can easily manage with one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whatever we have asked for from the Centre, we have got. There is no discrimination -\u00c2\u00a0The New Federalism India Today Group Chairman and Editor-in-chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31],"tags":[9859,6559,9381,9861,9862,9858,9860],"class_list":["post-7361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-business-political-national-realestate","category-politics-elections-government","tag-cooperate-and-compete","tag-devendra-fadnavis","tag-india-today-conclave","tag-mehbooba-mufti-sayeed","tag-singh-chouhan","tag-the-great-debate","tag-the-new-federalism"],"views":3136,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Rajdeep-Sardesai-with-Chief-Ministers-Mehbooba-Mufti-Sayeed-Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan-Devendra-Fadnavis-The-New-Federalism.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7363,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7361\/revisions\/7363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}