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Tamil Nadu unity on delimitation as 37 MPs skip Vijay meet
Chief Minister Vijay convened a meeting of Tamil Nadu MPs on Saturday to oppose any fresh delimitation bill, but 37 of the state's 57 MPs stayed away. The DMK and AIADMK led…
The Story in Brief
Chief Minister Vijay convened a meeting of Tamil Nadu MPs on Saturday to oppose any fresh delimitation bill, but 37 of the state's 57 MPs stayed away. The DMK and AIADMK led the boycott, calling the meeting a diversion from the Cauvery dispute. The 20 attending MPs, from the Congress, VCK, CPI, CPI(M), MDMK and IUML, passed a resolution demanding that Parliament be frozen at 543 seats and Tamil Nadu retain its 39 Lok Sabha seats. DMK MP Kanimozhi said her party wants a fair delimitation that protects the state's representation, not a blanket rejection.
The Indian Opinion
The boycott by DMK and AIADMK lets both avoid taking a clear stand while posing as defenders of Tamil interests. Yet the real test is not a meeting but a bill in Parliament. Once tabled, every MP's vote will be recorded. Until then, grandstanding on both sides only obscures the central question: Will Tamil Nadu's 39 seats be frozen, or will population decide representation? The numbers in a future Lok Sabha strength will tell.
Sources (5): timesnownews.com, timesnownews.com (2), thefederal.com, hindustantimes.com, news.abplive.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
