Shekhar Gupta: The Centre is back

Four decades of federal evolution made India more secure but coronavirus is reversing that. Modi's central govt has tasted power again and is unlikely to give it up

When so much hypocrisy and sanctimonious talk truly begin to assail your senses, you turn to a true Punjabi to cut through the clutter and tell it like it is. Better still if it’s a soldier-turned-politician and still not afraid to tell it like it is. As Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh did earlier this week. 

In that remarkably brave protest, he also underlined the biggest coronavirus-induced change in our larger national politics and governance, the return of an almighty, domineering Centre after 35 years of weakening. Let us explain how.

Speaking to a Punjabi news channel, he questioned the Centre on