Former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly Rama Chandra Panda has welcomed the assertions of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for a robust federal structure which is the right and appropriate stand in the current political scenario in the country.
Since all the successive Union Governments trampled with the federal structure by misusing Article-356 of the Constitution for about 70 times after India’s independence in toppling the elected Governments in different States, so many laws in areas that exclusively fall in the State List have been made by misusing the Concurrent List to weaken the authorities of the States, he said.
Speaking to this correspondent at Brahmapur, Panda said that if the federal structure is strengthened, the regional parties can safely secure as many as 120-130 Lok Sabha seats in order to form the Union Government.
