Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday warned of a massive agitation in the state if its interests were harmed in the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats proposed by the Union government.
“If anything is done that harms Tamil Nadu or that disproportionately enhances the political power of northern states, we in Tamil Nadu will not remain silent,” the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief said on social media. “Tamil Nadu will rise. Tamil Nadu will register its protest with full force.”
The process of fixing the boundaries of electoral constituencies is called delimitation.
Stalin’s remarks came ahead of a special sitting of Parliament, which will begin on Thursday. During the session, the Union government will introduce bills to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha to 850 from 543.
Of these, 815 seats will be from the states and 35 from the Union Territories. Tamil Nadu currently has 39 seats in the Lower House of Parliament.
In his video message, Stalin noted that the bills will be introduced in Parliament on Thursday and accused the Union government of attempting to unilaterally proceed with the exercise without consulting any political party or any state government.
“This hurried attempt to push through delimitation is a blatant assault on democracy by the BJP government,” the DMK chief said....
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