‘Will Proceed To Combat For Truthful Delimitation’: Stalin At Main Opposition Assembly, BJP Phases Protest – News18
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Stalin mentioned the DMK wished a good implementation of the delimitation train, asserting that Tamil Nadu would lose eight seats whether it is carried out in its present state.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on the first Joint Committee assembly on delimitation. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday asserted that his DMK authorities will proceed combating until the delimitation train is performed pretty whereas addressing the primary Joint Motion Committee assembly on the problem in Chennai. The assembly additionally included Chief Ministers of Kerala, Punjab, Telangana and Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar.
The Stalin-led DMK has lengthy expressed considerations that the proposed delimitation will tilt the Lok Sabha’s numerical power in favour of north Indian states and penalise south India for household planning measures, regardless of the BJP denying this.
“Delimitation of constituencies shouldn’t occur as per present inhabitants. All of us must be agency in opposing it…With the lower within the individuals’s representatives in Parliament, our power to specific our views will lower,” he mentioned on the assembly.
Stalin mentioned all states ought to oppose delimitation as per the present inhabitants as it will decease public representatives within the parliament and the power of different events to specific their views. Legal guidelines can be handed with out correct dialogue, college students will lose essential alternatives and farmers will face setbacks, he mentioned.
“We don’t oppose something which strengthens democratic illustration, however that motion should be truthful and shouldn’t have an effect on truthful political illustration. This protest shouldn’t be in opposition to delimitation however to induce for truthful delimitation,” Stalin mentioned on the assembly.
MK Stalin On Amit Shah, Avoiding ‘Manipur-Like’ Destiny
The assembly witnessed the participation of 14 leaders from at the least 5 states – together with Pinarayi Vijayan, Bhagwant Mann and Revanth Reddy – who’re deliberating on the ‘risk’ posed by the Lok Sabha seats delimitation train to states with excessive financial progress and literacy.
Throughout his handle, Stalin mentioned Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s assertion that South states wouldn’t lose any parliamentary seats was “ambiguous” and mentioned the combat in opposition to delimitation was essential to keep away from a “Manipur-like” destiny.
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“Manipur’s voice is already being suppressed on account of its restricted illustration in Parliament,” Stalin mentioned. “If the delimitation train proceeds unfairly, it should result in exterior dominance over us.”
“The discount within the variety of parliamentary seats must be seen as a discount in our political power. It isn’t about numbers, it’s about energy and the longer term,” he added.
The Dwelling Minister alleged that DMK is dividing the nation within the title of language and is making an attempt to cover its corruption. His remarks got here because the DMK accused the Centre of imposing Hindi in Tamil Nadu within the garb of a three-language method as proposed within the new Nationwide Schooling Coverage, a cost denied by the Modi authorities.
BJP Phases ‘Black Flag’ Protest
In the meantime, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) staged a black flag protest because the assembly went underway and criticised Stalin for not convening related conferences on the Cauvery and Mullaiperiar water-sharing disputes with Karnataka and Kerala.
BJP leaders led by state get together chief Ok Annamalai confirmed black flags and placards in opposition to the Stalin authorities and Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar over the problem of the Mekedatu undertaking.
Tamil Nadu: BJP leaders led a black flag protest in Karur in opposition to the DMK authorities, citing legislation and order points and large-scale corruption within the state pic.twitter.com/E73CBNCxy3— IANS (@ians_india) March 22, 2025
Annamalai additionally slammed Chief Minister Stalin for doing “drama” on delimitation, saying there may be “no downside” with the proposed train. “Our state has numerous points with neighbouring states. With Kerala, we’ve the Mullaperiyar Dam subject… On numerous events, our CM didn’t elevate these points when he visited neighbouring states. However right this moment, he has referred to as all CMs and is doing drama on delimitation, which isn’t even an issue in any respect,” he informed reporters.
BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan described the assembly as a “corruption hiding assembly” by the respective leaders. “The involved CMs who’re attending the assembly are doing so to cover the misgovernance within the involved states. There are such a lot of corruption prices in Telangana, Kerala. Their very own individuals can be in opposition to their CMs attending this occasion,” she requested Stalin.
‘BJP Going Forward With out Session’: Kerala CM
Kerala CM Vijayan additionally addressed the assembly on Saturday, saying the BJP govt goes forward with none session on the delimitation train. He mentioned the “sudden transfer” was not pushed by constitutional ideas or democratic imperatives.
Vijayan mentioned the proposed delimitation will go well with the BJP as it should improve the variety of seats in northern states. “If delimitation is carried out purely on the idea of inhabitants, then Kerala and different southern states will undergo as we’ve been bringing down our inhabitants since 1973 when the earlier delimitation was carried out during which the variety of seats in Lok Sabha was reorganised,” he added.
