POLITICSTHE HINDU NATIONAL
How the Tamil Nadu legislature, in the late 1940s, viewed the making of the Constitution
The Tamil Nadu legislature in the late 1940s, through representatives in the Constituent Assembly, opposed efforts to strengthen the Central government via the Concurrent List. K. Santhanam and N.G. Ranga, representing southern states, argued against expanding central authority under this constitutional framework.
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