Inter State Council Meeting: Kejriwal demands loan waiver for farmers

"At Inter State Council, i demanded that loans of all farmers be waived by centre, give adequate crop prices by implementing swaminathan rprt," Kejriwal tweeted.

"Also, at Inter-state council, i raised issue of increasing dal prices due to large scale hoarding by a few traders," he spoke on the meeting.

Kejriwal said: "Inter-state council meet - i demanded that Delhi shud get Rs 5000 cr, which is its due as per 14th Fin comm formula."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the eleventh Inter-State Council Meeting at New Delhi and said this inter-governmental forum can be used for evolving policy as well as ensuring its implementation while also drawing attentions of Chief Ministers towards strengthening of internal security by intelligence sharing.

"There are only a few occasions when the leadership of the Centre and the States, assembles together. This forum of cooperative federalism is the perfect setting to deliberate on the interests of the people, address their problems, and take collective and concrete decisions. It highlights the vision of the makers of our Constitution," Modi said.

The PM urged that, "I, therefore, urge the States to increasingly use this forum as an effective instrument to strengthen our democracy, our society and our polity.”

He said the Inter-State Council is certainly the most significant platform for strengthening Centre-State and Inter-State relations.

The Inter-State Council, set up in 1990, is a platform that brings together the Prime Minister, six of his Cabinet Ministers, and all Chief Ministers and administrators of Union Territories to discuss and deliberate on various schemes and policies