Negotiation

19 Jan 2017

In power

BJP — Centre

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Centre

Chief Minister Panneerselvam met Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on 19 January. The Prime Minister's Office said Modi observed that the matter was sub judice and that the Centre would be supportive of steps taken by the state government. On 20 January the Home, Law and Environment ministries vetted the state's draft ordinance and the Centre cleared it. Reports differ on whether it went to the President: PTI quoted a Home Ministry spokesman as saying it was sent without the need of referring it to the President, Millennium Post reported it was approved for the President's assent, and the state later said it had obtained the President's prior instructions under Article 213. The Attorney General told the Supreme Court the Centre was in talks with the state, and the Court agreed not to deliver its judgment for a week. [2][1][5][4][3]

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