NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday introduced launching a joint motion committee with the chief ministers a number of states in opposition to Centre’s bid to reorganise the constituencies for Lok Sabha.
Reiterating his stance that Union authorities’s push for delimitation is a “blatant assault on federalism“, Stalin wrote to chief ministers of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Punjab and Odisha seeking allegiance “for an uncompromising fight against this unfair exercise.”
In a social media submit on X, Stalin mentioned, “The Union govt’s plan for Delimitation is a blatant assault on federalism, punishing States that ensured population control & good governance by stripping away our rightful voice in Parliament. We will not allow this democratic injustice!”
“I have written to Hon’ble chief ministers Thiru Pinarayi Vijayan, Siddaramaiah, Revanth Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu, Mamata Banerjee, Bhagwant Mann and Mohan Majhi and party heads in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, West Bengal, Odisha & Punjab, calling for an uncompromising fight against this unfair exercise,” he added.
He additionally known as upon political events to ship senior representatives for the joint motion committee scheduled to be held at Chennai on March 22.
“We are forming a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to defend our States from being silenced. I call upon parties to send a senior representative. First JAC meeting in Chennai on March 22, 2025. Let us stand together not as separate political entities but as protectors of our people’s future,” Stalin mentioned.
This comes amid the continued rift between Tamil Nadu chief minister and Centre over delimitation and New Schooling Coverage. Stalin expressed concern concerning the potential discount in Parliamentary seats, attributing it to the state’s profitable implementation of household planning initiatives.
Stalin had additionally urged newly married {couples} to start out households rapidly to make sure satisfactory political illustration post-delimitation. He acknowledged the state’s profitable household planning initiatives however expressed fear about their present implications. He additionally suggested the {couples} to correct Tamil names for his or her future kids.
Delimitation, a constitutional course of in India, includes redrawing parliamentary and meeting constituencies to make sure equal inhabitants illustration throughout electoral districts. This course of determines what number of representatives every state will get in Parliament primarily based on inhabitants dimension.
The method is guided by particular constitutional provisions underneath Articles 82 and 170 of the Indian Structure. Article 82 mandates that Parliament should enact a Delimitation Act after every nationwide census to redefine Lok Sabha constituency boundaries and numbers. Article 170 establishes pointers for State Legislative Meeting delimitation, figuring out seat allocation primarily based on inhabitants knowledge.
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