DMK Drums Up Anti-Delimitation Help, Huge Opposition Meet In Chennai At present – News18
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Senior leaders from political events together with the CPI(M) in Kerala, YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh, Congress in Telangana and Punjab, and BJD in Odisha will likely be current. Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar of the Congress and BRS working president KT Rama Rao are anticipated…Learn Extra
The assembly is to work on methods to place strain on the Narendra Modi authorities and cross a decision urging the Centre that the 1971 census be adopted from 2026 for the subsequent 30 years, sources mentioned. File pic/PTI
In an try and galvanise opposition to the delimitation train deliberate by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion-led Centre, Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is convening a gathering of opposition leaders, in Chennai on Saturday.
Senior leaders from political events together with the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) in Kerala, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Occasion (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh, Congress in Telangana and Punjab, and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha will likely be current. Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar of the Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao are anticipated to be on the assembly. Noticeably absent is West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Sources inform CNN-Information 18 that DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin is prone to spotlight that states which have finished properly in curbing inhabitants explosion—as seen in sure states within the north—may lose seats if the delimitation train is carried out solely on the idea of inhabitants. The assembly is to work on methods to place strain on the Narendra Modi authorities and cross a decision urging the Centre that the 1971 census be adopted from 2026 for the subsequent 30 years, the sources added.
DMK and different events would intention to extract an assurance that there could be no lack of seats. Following the assembly, a joint press briefing is prone to be scheduled.
In a video launched on Friday, MK Stalin mentioned, “Why has the DMK introduced this to focus? As a result of in 2026, delimitation will occur. And if the delimitation train is carried out based mostly on inhabitants, our illustration in Parliament will likely be severely affected. This isn’t simply concerning the variety of MPs however about our state’s rights. For this reason we’ve got convened a gathering of all events.”
Events against the delimitation train relaxation their arguments on two points: they consider that this can create a “regional energy imbalance”. Secondly, states which have achieved the set targets in contraception is not going to get elevated illustration on the Centre, whereas the poor performers get to elect extra parliamentarians, an argument that Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin has usually raised.
“Truthful delimitation” is the theme of the assembly, and all of the events who arrived in Chennai to attend are of the view that there’s a grave injustice to states which have successfully applied household planning programmes.
KT Rama Rao mentioned: “If we stay silent now, historical past is not going to forgive us. This isn’t only a political battle however a battle for equity, justice, and democracy.”
Whereas there’s clear political motion, it stays to be seen if this can evolve into an electoral problem going ahead.
