Meghalaya CM slams PM for sending Union ministers to 'speak

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending Union ministers to speak "ill" against the states, saying such a practice reflected "immaturity" and vitiated the federal structure in the country.
"Why is he (prime minister) sending Union ministers, (who) will go and speak ill against the states? This is something which is unbecoming of a minister. The prime minister should take note of this and stop this exercise," he told reporters here.
"They are vitiating the environment of our democracy. The federal structure is being undermined. This is a reflection of their immaturity in governing this great nation," Sangma said.

Questioning whether this was how the "Centre-state" relationship in the largest democracy in the world should be, he said, "How is it possible for the Union ministers to actually try and malign a state government when they should come and find out what the fact is. A minister has to come and find out the fact, that is what the constitutional mandate for a minister is."
Sangma also took a dig at Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam, who visited Meghalaya without informing him and later, criticised the state for its "failure" on several fronts.
"A Union minister, when coming to a state, should send a letter to the chief minister first, inform him of his programme schedule and after that, if he wants to meet his party leaders, it is fine," he said.

Kannanthanam, during his visit to Meghalaya, had alleged that the state government was "corrupt to the core" and that it "could not even pay" the salaries of its employees.