Chennai, Feb. 19 -- India's federalism needs a structural reset, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said on Wednesday while tabling the first part of the justice Kurian Joseph report on the Union-state relations in the assembly,

The three-member committee, headed by the retired Supreme Court judge, had submitted the report to the CM on Monday. The high-level panel was formed by the state government in April 2025 to review the relationship between the Union and the states in opening a front to the tussle over federal rights.

Tabling the report, the chief minister reiterated that states must be autonomous while the Union government must be federal in nature. "India's federalism needs a structural reset. If we wish, we can again amend the...