Tamil Nadu Assembly Takes Fresh Swipe At Delimitation, Demands 33% Women’s Quota From 2029

Tamil
Nadu’s
Legislative
Assembly
has
passed
a othe
esolutio
challe gi g
the
Ce t e’s
p oposed
delimitatio
exe cise,
with
Chief
Mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay
a gui g
that
cha ges
to
pa liame ta y
co stitue cies
must
ot
educe
the
political
ep ese tatio
of
states
that
have
successfully
co t olled
populatio
g owth.

The
esolutio ,
moved
by
Vijay
o
Wed esday,
also
called
fo
the
immediate
impleme tatio
of
the
33%
ese vatio
fo
wome .
The
latest
move
adds
to
the
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t’s
ea lie
oppositio
to
issues
i cludi g
NEET
a d
the
FCRA
Bill.

CM
Vijay
Calls
Fo
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
I
2029

Speaki g
i
the
Assembly,
Vijay
said
the
wome ‘s
quota
should
come
i to
fo ce
i
the
2029
Lok
Sabha
electio
itself,
athe
tha
bei g
postpo ed
u til
afte
a
f esh
delimitatio
exe cise.

Vijay
said:
“The
33%
ese vatio
fo
wome
should
be
impleme ted
i
the
2029
Lok
Sabha
electio s
itself,
based
o
the
existi g
543
co stitue cies.
The
33%
ese vatio
fo
wome
should
ot
be
delayed
a y
fu the .
I
Tamil
Nadu,
mo e
wome
have
voted
tha
me .
P ovidi g
ese vatio
fo
wome
is
ot
a
co cessio ;
it
is
a
matte
of
social
justice.
The
33%
ese vatio
fo
wome
must
be
impleme ted
without
a y
fu the
delay.”

The
Chief
Mi iste ‘s
a gume t
places
wome ‘s
ep ese tatio
a d
the
delimitatio
debate
side
by
side,
with
the
state
seeki g
to
e su e
that
the
two
issues
do
ot
become
li ked
i
a
way
that
delays
the
quota.

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Southe
States
A e
Wo ied
About
Delimitatio

A
key
co ce
aised
by
Tamil
Nadu
is
that
usi g
populatio
figu es
to
ed aw
co stitue cies
could
alte
the
bala ce
of
pa liame ta y
ep ese tatio
betwee
the
o the
a d
southe
pa ts
of
the
cou t y.

The
esolutio
a gued
that
states
such
as
Tamil
Nadu
should
ot
be
pe alised
fo
impleme ti g
populatio -co t ol
measu es
successfully
ove
seve al
decades.

“All
the
states
i cludi g
Tamil
Nadu
a d
the
people
/
elected
ep ese tatives
of
the
u io
te ito ies
have
ot
had
thei
populatio
cou ted
fo
mo e
tha
50
yea s.
The
ext
ce sus
to
cou t
the
populatio
was
supposed
to
be
held
i
2026.
The efo e,
si ce
the
delimitatio
of
co stitue cies
has
ot
bee
ca ied
out
fo
the
last
50
yea s,
based
o
the
2011
populatio
ce sus,
the
co stitue cies
should
be
delimited
a d
the
umbe
of
Lok
Sabha
a d
Assembly
membe s
should
be
i c eased
f om
550
to
850
by
b i gi g
i
a
co stitutio al
ame dme t
Bill,”
he
said,
as
pe
ANI.

The
esolutio
fu the
aised
co ce s
about
the
basis
that
could
ultimately
be
used
fo
dete mi i g
ep ese tatio .

“It
has
bee
u de stood
that
the
above-me tio ed
co stitutio al
ame dme t
Bill
has
bee
b ought
i
the
I dia
Pa liame t
o
the
basis
that
the
1971
populatio
ce sus
will
co ti ue
to
be
the
basis
fo
a y
populatio
cou t
the eafte .
Eve
though
Tamil
Nadu
has
built
a
st o g
Tamil
Nadu
by
effectively
impleme ti g
populatio
co t ol
measu es
o
the
basis
of
the
1971
populatio
ce sus,
the
ep ese tatio
of
the
southe
states
i cludi g
Tamil
Nadu
i
Pa liame t
will
be
pe ma e tly
affected,”
he
added.

Delimitatio
Debate
Has
Al eady
T igge ed
Oppositio

The
latest
esolutio
comes
agai st
the
backd op
of
a
o goi g
political
dispute
ove
the
p oposed
expa sio
a d
edist ibutio
of
pa liame ta y
seats.

The
Co stitutio
(131st
Ame dme t)
Bill,
which
sought
to
emove
the
existi g
f eeze
o
i c easi g
Lok
Sabha
seats,
was
defeated
i
Ap il
followi g
oppositio
f om
multiple
pa ties.
The
p oposed
legislatio
had
e visaged
usi g
the
2011
Ce sus
as
the
basis
fo
a
futu e
delimitatio
exe cise.

Southe
states
have
epeatedly
objected
to
a
system
i
which
populatio
g owth
becomes
the
p ima y
facto
i
decidi g
pa liame ta y
ep ese tatio .
Thei
a gume t
is
that
states
that
i vested
i
populatio
stabilisatio
could
lose
political
weight
elative
to
states
whe e
populatio
g owth
has
bee
co side ably
highe .

The
issue
has
gai ed
e ewed
atte tio
with
the
Ce t e
epo tedly
wo ki g
to
build
political
suppo t
fo
a
co stitutio al
ame dme t
co ected
to
delimitatio
a d
wome ‘s
ese vatio .
The e
has
also
bee
speculatio
that
the
gove me t
could
b i g
the
legislatio
befo e
Pa liame t
du i g
the
co cludi g
days
of
the
Mo soo
Sessio .

Th ee
Dema ds
At
The
Ce t e
Of
Tamil
Nadu’s
Resolutio

The
esolutio
sets
out
th ee
majo
positio s
fo
the
state.

Fi st,
Tamil
Nadu
has
dema ded
that
the
existi g
543
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cies
be
etai ed
pe ma e tly.
Seco d,
it
wa ts
the
cu e t
allocatio
of
pa liame ta y
seats
amo g
states
to
emai
p otected.
Thi d,
the
state
has
called
fo
a
33%
quota
fo
wome
i
state
legislative
assemblies.

Take
togethe ,
the
dema ds
seek
to
sepa ate
wome ‘s
ese vatio
f om
a y
immediate
edist ibutio
of
pa liame ta y
seats
while
p otecti g
the
political
ep ese tatio
of
states
such
as
Tamil
Nadu.

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