CANACONA (GOA), Nov 5 - Finance Minister of Assam Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma today alleged that the states of the Northeast as well as Jammu and Kashmir are competing in an unequal environment but are often questioned for failing to produce the desired results.
�Aspirations of people of India are the same but the kind of competitive federalism we are in today, the people of Assam, Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir have been asked to compete in an unequal environment. We are asked to produce results,� Sarma said participating in the ongoing India Ideas Conclave organised by NGO India Foundation in south Goa, which was inaugurated yesterday by BJP chief Amit Shah. � PTI
