These are as follows:
Mode of appointment and dismissal of Governor
- Discriminatory and partisan role of governor
- Imposition of president’s rule
- Deployment of center forces in the states to maintain law and order
- Reservation of state bills for the consideration of the president
- Discrimination in financial allocations to the states
- Role of planning commission (now NITI AYOG) in approving state projects
- Management of All India Services
- Use of Electronic Media for political purposes
- Appointment of enquiry commissions against the chief ministers
- Sharing of finances between center and states
- Encroachment by the center on the state list