Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first after she’s come to power again, is a welcome sign (“Jayalalithaa meets Modi with list of 29 demands”, June 15). After remaining in isolation all these years, Ms. Jayalalithaa can no longer afford to ignore the Central government as Tamil Nadu is starved of funds. The State government needs to keep itself in the good books of the Centre, especially because it needs funds to fulfil all its poll promises.
However, as Tamil Nadu is not keen on the GST, the Union Finance Minister should study in depth the impact of revenue loss in the State and the ways and means to compensate the loss to the State once the GST comes into force. The Centre must include suggestions of all the stakeholders in the final draft before obtaining the green signal for passage of the GST in the Upper House.
K.R. Srinivasan,Secunderabad
