: Kashyap has been a consistent advocate for federal balance. He argues that the Union government should concentrate only on essentials and let the respective state governments do the rest. "In reality, it is not the lower level government that should depend on the higher level government but it should be the other way round," he observed, while also claiming that the Union Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister is a "sham".
For over six decades of my life, I have had the privilege of observing the Indian political system from close quarters—inside the Parliament, in the corridors of power, and amidst the academic rigour of constitutional study. If there is one truth that has become self-evident, it is this: India’s political system is a living contradiction. It is simultaneously a grand success and a persistent underachiever. our political system by subhash kashyap top