Between the delimitation row, the Dravidian Munnetra Kazgam (DMK) MPs on Sunday passed a resolution to discuss the practice in the upcoming Parliament session, which was ready to resume on 10 March.
DMK MPs have resolved to protect the interests of Tamil Nadu related to the Lok Sabha seat delimitation issue, stressing that population-based exercises will affect not only southern states, but also other people like Odisha and West Bengal.
DMK MP Thiruchi Shiva on Sunday expressed strong opposition to the proposed delimitation practice in 2026, arguing that the population-based approach would reduce parliamentary representation to the southern states. He said that Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will lose seats, while the northern states will benefit.
Addressing the media, Shiva said, “Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Party President MK Stalin convened an all-party meeting in the state. About 56 parties participated in it. In that meeting, we passed a resolution that if it is going to happen in 2026, it is very low, it is very low. It is very low. It is too low. 20 to 12 to 12. Karnataka, Telangana and other south regional states will also suffer.”
Shiva insisted that the party does not make any complaint against the northern states, but insisted that the figures of the population should not only determine the representation.
He said, “This cannot be done on the basis of population. Our leader has taken a decision and has passed the resolution. Based on this, from tomorrow, when the second part of the budget session of Parliament begins, we will raise our voice on various rules such as adjournment motion and zero special mention, short -term discussion,” he said.
DMK and his colleagues are expected to make a voice to their concerns in Parliament, calling to reconsider the delimitation process to ensure proper representation for all states.
This Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin called for a joint political front against the proposed delimitation practice, urging various parties that he called “an disagreement on federalism”, urging to join the forces in opposing it.
To strengthen the collective stand, he convened a joint action committee meeting in Chennai on 22 March, inviting representatives of several political parties to participate in the discussion.
The proposal was adopted during a meeting in Chennai, which was chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin.
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members of the party attended the meeting, where three resolutions were passed. The primary focus was on delimitation practice, highlighting its importance in the upcoming session.
A proposal stated, “DMK MPS will raise its voices in Parliament, which will support Chief Minister MK Stalin’s efforts to protect the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha constituencies. The meeting passed a resolution that the MPs would raise the issue in Parliament and win without a single constitutions for Tamil Nad.”
Another proposal states that the DMK will coordinate with other states, including Karnataka and Kerala and others, which will be for the fight against delimitation. The resolution states, “To coordinate with other states that are losing constituencies due to delimitation.
The third resolution reads, “Along with DMK MPs, Alliance MP, India Alliance MPS Resolution was passed to coordinate against delimitation and continuously raise voice in the Parliament session, which begins until 10 March.”
According to the DMK team, a minister has been entrusted to each state to invite a meeting on delimitation in person, which DMK has proposed to hold March 22 in Chennai.
On Friday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin called for a joint effort from various political parties to raise his voice against delimitation, inviting representatives of various political parties to join against “attack on federalism”, calling for a joint action committee meeting in Chennai on 22 March.
Meanwhile, RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha said, “The delimitation is a very sensitive issue. People who are making statements on it, whether they are from the ruling party or the opposition, be a little careful.”
Earlier yesterday, Karnataka’s sub -seema DK Shivkumar said that the state government would follow the instructions of the Central Leaders of the Congress regarding the delimitation issue, including the decision to join the Joint Action Committee proposed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Shivkumar told ANI, “We will go by our party high command, and if the high command tells us, we will become a part of it and get hands with them.”
On Saturday, Stalin wrote the Chief Ministers of seven states from the ruling states of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and otherwise, to join the “Battle against this unfair practice”.
He wrote to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Telangana CM Revantha Reddy, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Maji, and heads of all political parties in those concerned states.
Calling the state units of national parties and regional parties to send senior representatives to JAC, he tagged the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Telegu Desam Party, Jana Sena Party, AITC, Janata Dal, Aam Aadmi Party, Akali Dali, Communist Party of India (Marx), CPI, Anim and many other states.
The Congress supported the stand on the delimitation of CM Stalin. However, the party has not yet confirmed whether they will attend the JAC meeting on 22 March.
In his letter to the other CMS, Stalin reported that the previous delimitation exercises were held in 1952, 1963 and 1973, but they were frozen by the 42nd amendment in 1976 until the first census after 2000.
The freeze was extended to the census after 2026 in 2002. However, with a delay in the 2021 census, the delimitation process may be before expectation, potentially affecting states that have controlled their population and have gained better rule.
The Chief Minister said that if the practice is based on the population after 2026, states with better population control will face a decrease in parliamentary representation, which they called unjust. He also said that the central government has not clarified the matter, only offered unclear assurance.
As the row on the delimitation of the constituency intensified, the Union’s Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday questioned the meeting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for a meeting for a joint action committee (JAC) meeting, alleging that Stalin’s opposition was an attempt to cover “corruption and failure”. ,
“This is his (MK Stalin’s) attempt to cover his rape, corruption and failure,” Joshi told Annie. He said that there was no need for any committee because there was no delimitation commission.
“What is the need of this committee when there is no delimitation commission so far, there is no condition of references?” Joshi asked.
Accusing Stalin of “nonsense nonsense talk”, he said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that the number of parliamentary and assembly seats would not be curbed.
“The Home Minister himself has assured that there will be no shortage in the number of MPs or MLA constituencies. Why should you talk nonsense despite knowing this?” Joshi said.
Whereas, Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed fear that if the delimitation is held, the southern state will lose 26 seats in the Lok Sabha, and their voice would not be heard.
P Chidambaram said, “The delimitation is a serious issue. It was frozen in 1971. A census will be delimited after 2026, after which the seats will be re -determined. According to our calculations, if it is revived according to the current population of the states, and the number of state changes, and the state changes, then our southern seats, which are growing 129 seats where the population, is special, the population, which is growing, the population, which is growing. Will get Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
He further said that the southern states have stabilized their population.
“The northern states have not stabilized the population, and it will take time to stabilize. With 129, our voices are not heard in Parliament. It will not be the worst in 103. We are opposing delimitation and re -determination on the basis of current population. Tamil Nadu will lose 8 seats. If 543 ingredients are divided according to the current population, they said.
He said that the central government should start a conversation on delimitation.
