Chennai, Feb. 17 -- The three-member panel headed by a retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph submitted the first part of its report on Monday to chief minister M K Stalin discussing controversial issues ranging from language, governor, delimitation to the goods and services tax (GST). It will be tabled in the state assembly on Tuesday.

The report comprises 10 chapters in the first part, a senior official said.

"The objective is not to weaken the Union, but to right-size it - enabling it to focus on genuinely national responsibilities while restoring to the States the autonomy essential for effective governance and aligning authority with responsibility," the government said.

The high-level committee was formed by the DMK government...