21 of 57 TN MPs attend CM Vijay’s meet, reject Delimitation Bill; DMK, AIADMK stay away

NEW
DELHI:
Tamil
Nadu
MPs
o
Satu day
“u a imously”
decided
to
oppose
Ce t e’s
Delimitatio
Bill
afte
chief
mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay
chai ed
a
meeti g
to
discuss
its
likely
impact
o
the
state.Co g ess
MP
Ka ti
Chidamba am
said
a ou d
21
out
of
57
Rajya
Sabha
a d
Lok
Sabha
MPs
atte ded
the
meeti g
a d
ag eed
to
esist
a y
alte atio
i
Tamil
Nadu’s
ep ese tatio
i
Pa liame t.”The
chief
mi iste
of
Tamil
Nadu
had
called
fo
a
meeti g
fo
all
the
MPs
f om
Tamil
Nadu
f om
both
the
Lok
Sabha
a d
the
Rajya
Sabha.
About
21
of
us
atte ded
the
meeti g,
a d
the e
was
absolute
u a imity
that
Tamil
Nadu’s
ights
must
be
p ese ved.
Ou
ep ese tatio
i
Pa liame t
ca ‘t
be
dimi ished.
A y
ki d
of
alte atio
a d
delimitatio ,
eithe
o
the
basis
of
populatio
o
o
a
p opo tio ate
i c ease,
will
be
esisted,”
Chidamba am
said.”We
wa t
Pa liame t
to
be
f oze
at
543,
a d
the
dist ibutio
amo g
the
states
to
be
p ese ved
as
it
is,
which
mea s
Tamil
Nadu
will
have
39
membe s
i
a
House
of
543.
We
a e
clea
i
ou
u a imous
opi io
that
a
la ge
Pa liame t
will
be
a
i effective
Pa liame t,
a d
Tamil
Nadu
will
ot
be
well
se ved
by
a
la ge
Pa liame t.

So
we
wa t
Pa liame t
to
be
p ese ved
at
543
with
the
same
ep ese tatio
of
39
Lok
Sabha
MPs
fo
Tamil
Nadu,”
he
added.The
meeti g
was
boycotted
by
the
DMK
a d
AIADMK,
which
dismissed
the
delibe atio s
as
a
“fa ce”
a d
a
“d ama”.The
meeti g
was
held
at
Kalaiva a
A a gam,
a
gove me t-ow ed
audito ium
ea
the
Sec eta iat.Se io
DMK
leade
A
Raja
told
epo te s
i
Pe ambalu
that
it
was
“a
fa ce,
a
laughable
exe cise”,
a gui g
that
the
TVK
gove me t
was
delibe ati g
o
a
issue
about
which
it
had
o
cla ity.Mea while,
AIADMK
called
the
meeti g
a
“hu iedly
staged
d ama”,
poi ti g
out
that
o
ew
delimitatio
Bill
had
bee
i t oduced
i
Pa liame t
a d
the e
had
bee
o
official
a ou ceme t
o
the
exe cise.While
the
Co g ess
a d
othe
oppositio
pa ties
have
suppo ted
the
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
Bill,
they
have
opposed
li ki g
its
impleme tatio
to
the
delimitatio
exe cise.
The
oppositio
has
dema ded
that
wome ‘s
ese vatio
be
deli ked
f om
delimitatio .

The
Na i
Shakti
Va da
Adhi iyam,
2023,
was
passed
by
both
Houses
of
Pa liame t.
Howeve ,
its
impleme tatio
has
ot
moved
fo wa d
afte
the
Co stitutio
(131st
Ame dme t)
Bill
fell
i
the
Lok
Sabha
o
Ap il
17,
faili g
to
secu e
the
co stitutio ally
equi ed
two-thi ds
majo ity
of
membe s
p ese t
a d
voti g.The
Bill
li ked
the
impleme tatio
of
33
pe ce t
wome ‘s
ese vatio
i
legislatu es
to
delimitatio
of
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cies.