Central Funds, Water: Non-BJP Chief Ministers' Demands At Meet Led By PM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said states should not have to struggle to get the funds due to them.The Niti Aayog meeting on Saturday, in which the Prime Minister urged all states to work together towards the goal of a developed India, also saw some opposition chief ministers raise issues affecting their states, with their main grievances boiling down to the sharing of resources.

While Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin pushed for the Centre to share more funds with states, his Punjab counterpart argued that his state had no water to share with Haryana.

Mr Stalin, whose government has been locked in a face-off with the BJP-led Centre over the three-language clause in the National Education Policy and has approached the Supreme Court claiming that over Rs 2,000 crore was being withheld from the state because of that, urged the Union government "extend non-discriminatory cooperation" to all states, including Tamil Nadu.