Chennai:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said that calling the Centre as the Union government is not a crime and assured that DMK will continue fighting for federalism. Speaking on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his Address on the third day of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, BJP MLA Nainar Nagendran asked MK Stalin to explain why DMK is calling Central government as 'Ondriya Arasu' (Union government).
"Calling Centre as Union government is not a crime. No one needs to think as if it was a social sin,' to use the words "union government," he said, adding some were thinking so and it was wrong. "The first article of our Constitution says that India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states. We are only using that. We are not using something which does not find a place in the law. Union is not a wrong word and it implies a union of states," the Chief Minister said.
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"We are calling it as per the constitution. We are not saying anything against law," he replied. Stalin said no one needs to be alarmed at the use of words 'union government' for referring to the Centre. These two words have a connotation of federalism and that was the reason for them using it, he said. Stalin said that we will continue to address the Centre as the Union government.