They don’t get it

Eventually, the Congress’s Lokpal bill was stilled in Rajya Sabha as much by its ally as by its opposition. The overriding argument invoked state rights versus a domineering Centre. In the aftermath is a question: was waving the banner of federalism simply the most politically correct way of killing a bill no one wanted, or does federalism-in-danger have a real resonance in today’s polity, enough to unite disparate regional parties across the UPA-NDA divide?

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