India’s southern states are faring better because they’re more decentralised, while northern states are “taking away power” from panchayats and grassroots organisations, Rahul Gandhi feels.
The former Congress president’s comments came during a recent conversation he had with ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan; the interview was broadcast Friday morning by the Congress party.
“The closer decisions are taken to people, the more ability they have to keep a check on those decisions,” Raghuram Rajan said in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks.
Asked by Gandhi what was causing “massive centralisation” at a global level, Rajan said, “There is a sense that if markets globalise, market participants — firms, for example — want to see the same rules everywhere.”
“They want to see the same coordinating structure everywhere; they want to see the same government everywhere. Because that then gives them confidence. That attempt at uniformity takes away power from the local or national governments,” he said.
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