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Karnataka stand will affect federalism: Chidambaram

By Our Staff Reporter

Pondicherry Oct. 20. The Congress Jananayaga Peravai (CJP) leader, P. Chidambaram, said today that the Karnataka Government's failure to implement the verdict of the Supreme Court on release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu would be perilous to the concept of federalism.

Addressing presspersons here today, he said the Central Government, which should monitor whether the Karnataka Government was implementing the court's directive, was also shirking its responsibility.

When his attention was drawn to the implications of uniform floor rate of taxes for Union Territory of Pondicherry, he said that for short period of time it might cause difficulties and cause impact on union territories. But on a long perspective look would project its positive features.

Mr. Chidambaram said the Centre had the capability to compensate for the loss arising out of this new taxation system to Pondicherry.

Asked whether the CJP would merge with the Congress, he said the CJP was launched with some specific and cardinal reasons and to achieve certain principles.

He said the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, was only indulging in pipedream when she talked about third front as an alternative to the Congress and BJP.

The third front his party was aiming at was to ensure an alternative to the DMK and AIADMK in Tamil Nadu and the people in the State would be on a pursuit for such a non DMK and non AIADMK dispensation in 2006.

``We would succeed in our efforts by projecting this real alternative before the people'', he said.

The third front would include the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the Muslim League, and Dalit parties.We were holding dialogue with these parties to realise the third front, he said.

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