Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that the Centre and the states have to work together and his government was committed to following the federal structure of India in "letter and spirit".
"The Centre has to understand states' concerns and problems, and the state and Centre have to implement central policies together," Modi said inaugurating a food park at Tumkur.
The prime minister said the new government at the Centre is committed to taking the states along in the country's path to progress.
"If states are strong, then country will be strong and if the states progress, then the country will progress," he said.
Claiming that during the earlier regime, states were locked in political wars with the Centre, he said: "The Centre and the states have to work like a team. I will try and use India's federal structure in letter and spirit."
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