Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja on Saturday said relations between the Centre and States in the country were at low ebb as the basic tenets of the Constitution, including its federal structure, have been disturbed.
Speaking at the birth centenary celebrations for veteran Parliamentarian Era Sezhiyan organised by the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) here, Mr. Raja said stalwarts like Era Sezhiyan would have fought in protecting the federal structure of the Constitution.
Along with senior DMK leader Murasoli Maran, Era Sezhiyan was a key person in the formation of the P.V. Rajamannar Committee by the DMK government in 1969, which examined Centre-States relations in a federal setup, envisaging its importance. The country now needs a bold Parliamentarian like him. “If he [Era Sezhiyan] was in good health, he would have joined our communist movement and fought for the protection of the basic tenets of the Constitution,” Mr. Raja said.
