Question

The Centre-state relations undermined the spirit of federalism in the following way:

[1]

(a) The formation of states led to the disintegration of the country.

(b) The formation of linguistic states made the country united.

(c) The state governments could not exercise their rights as autonomous federal units due to

same ruling party at both centre and states.

(d) State government misused the constitution to dismiss the rival parties.​

Answer 1

Central state relations and Autonomy

Explanation:

• “Centre-State relations” of Indian Federalism constitute the core of federalism and that they are regulated by the provisions of the Constitution.
• The division of powers between the Union and also the States, as given within the Indian Constitution encompasses a strong bias in favor of the Centre.
• For a protracted time, the identical party ruled both at the center and in most of the states. This meant that State governments failed to exercise their rights as autonomous federal unit.
• In earlier days, the central government used their powers to eliminate rival parties' rule. This undermined the spirit of federalism.
• After 1990, there was an increase of regional parties in many nations. This was also the start of the time of Coalition Government at the center. This led to a sharing culture of autonomy among the parts of the country.

Thus, the state could not being able to exercise their right with autonomy  lead to the spirit of federalism.

Answer 2

Answer:

(c) The state governments could not exercise their rights as autonomous federal units