India, May 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party led government at the Centre seeks to centralise authority and erode the rights of states in education, finance, taxation and administrative powers, said Tamil Nadu's chief minister and DMK president MK Stalin in an interview. He claimed that the BJP was consistently using Governors to interfere in the affairs of the opposition ruled States and that a delimitation exercise based on population is aimed at marginalising the South. Edited Excerpts

What is the political significance of your legal victory in the Supreme Court (SC) against Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi, which also set timelines for governors across the country and the President of India to act on bills of states?

This landmark judgmen...