Opinion March 25, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sarkaria Commission
Non-Congress (I) chief ministers hailed the Prime Minister’s announcement to set up the Sarkaria Commission to review Centre-state relations.
Basu told newsmen in Calcutta, “It may be necessary to change parts of the Constitution in the interests of healthy Centre-state relationships.”
Non-Congress (I) chief ministers hailed the Prime Minister’s announcement to set up the Sarkaria Commission to review Centre-state relations. Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu described as “a good move” Mrs Gandhi’s announcement of a commission to go into the vexed issue. Basu told newsmen in Calcutta, “It may be necessary to change parts of the Constitution in the interests of healthy Centre-state relationships.”
DTC Strike
The government rejected a demand for judicial inquiry into the situation created by the strike of the Delhi Transport Corporation. The Ministry of Shipping and Transport could not do so now, said Z R Ansari, Minister of State, in the Rajya Sabha.
Akali Demands
The unilateral decision of the government to appoint a commission for a review of Centre-state relations — one of the major demands of the Akalis — has given a blow to the Akalis politically. The Prime Minister did not make any reference to the Akalis’ demands. Mrs Gandhi’s statement gives an indication of the government’s firm stand on the Akalis’ political demands.
US Defence Strategy
President Reagan has coupled a staunch defence of his planned military build-up with a proposal to shift policy by the year 2000 to a nuclear deterrent based on an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defence. In a televised speech, Reagan suggested scrapping the current strategy of deterring Soviet attacks with a threat of immediate nuclear retaliation. He said a better approach would be the development of a defensive system that would destroy enemy missiles before they reached their target.
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