Question

Describe issues that causes tension in center state relation

Answer 1

Centre State Legislative Relations. Articles 245 to 255 in Part XI of the Constitution deal with the legislative relations between the Centre and the State. Extent of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States. The Parliament can make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India.In India the issue of Centre-State relationship has created the

attention of several politicians, administrators and scholars

particularly after the fourth general elections in 1976. During

that period some other non-Congress parties were captured

power in some of the States of the India. It is not true that in

the pre-1977 period when the Congress party was running the

Central and almost all the State Governments, Centre-State

relationship had always been good. Actually, the pre-1967

Centre-State problems were more like family disputes and it

used to be resolved by Congress higher authority. More

clearly, it may be said that to solve the problem between the

two sets of Governments the party machinery of Congress was

utilized. One observer has pointed out that, “. . . . extra

constitutional means became available for the operation of the

Centre-State relationships. The party network connecting

Central and State leader ship was employed to resolve

conflicts. The Centre‟s relationship with a particular State

depended very much on the personality of its political leaders

and their equation with the Centre leadership. Consequently,

the Constitution was often bypassed and disputes were settled

in the party rather than through the constitutional machinery”.

(Jacob, Alice, 1972)