Delimitation row: CM Vijay moves resolution to freeze Lok Sabha Seats at 543

Tamil
Nadu
assembly
backs
543
Lok
Sabha
seat
f eeze

Tamil
Nadu
chief
mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay
o
Wed esday
moved
a
special
esolutio
i
the
state
Assembly
u gi g
the
Ce t e
to
pe ma e tly
etai
the
Lok
Sabha’s
st e gth
at
543
seats.Days
afte
co ve i g
a
meeti g
of
pa ties
suppo ti g
his
gove me t,
i cludi g
the
Co g ess
a d
the
Left
pa ties
that
exte d
suppo t
f om
outside,
Vijay
moved
the
esolutio
i
the
Assembly
u gi g
the
Ce t e
to
mai tai
the
Lok
Sabha-Rajya
Sabha
seat
atio
at
2.2:1.The
gove me t-spo so ed
esolutio
u ged
the
Ce t e
to
impleme t
33
pe
ce t
ese vatio
fo
wome
i
the
2029
Lok
Sabha
electio s
without
delay,
based
o
the
existi g
st e gth
of
543
seats.”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,”
Vijay
said
i
the
assembly.The
esolutio
oted
that
the
populatio
of
states,
i cludi g
Tamil
Nadu,
a d
the
U io
Te ito ies
has
ot
bee
cou ted
fo
mo e
tha
five
decades,
with
the
ext
ce sus
scheduled
fo
2026.”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,”
the
esolutio
stated.Also
ead:

Delimitatio
decoded:
What
the
Ce t e
t ied
to
do,
why
oppositio
shot
it
dow
&
what
happe s
extLast
week,
a
meeti g
co ve ed
by
Vijay
with
Tamil
Nadu
MPs
f om
allia ce
a d
f ie dly
pa ties
decided
to
oppose
the
U io
gove me t’s
p oposed
delimitatio
exe cise
i
its
e ti ety.The
meeti g
was
boycotted
by
the
mai
oppositio
DMK
a d
the
AIADMK,
with
the
fo me
calli g
the
delibe atio s
a
“fa ce”
a d
the
latte
desc ibi g
them
as
a
“hu iedly
staged
d ama”.The
MPs
had
dema ded
that
the
atio
of
seats
betwee
the
Lok
Sabha
a d
Rajya
Sabha
be
mai tai ed
at
2.2:1.
They
also
u a imously
ag eed
to
adopt
a
esolutio
i
the
state
Assembly
to
pe ma e tly
safegua d
the
i te ests
of
Tamil
Nadu
a d
othe
southe
states
i
the
delimitatio
p ocess.Mea while,
the
AIADMK
called
the
meeti g
a
“hu iedly
staged
d ama”,
poi ti g
out
that
o
f esh
delimitatio
Bill
had
bee
i t oduced
i
Pa liame t
a d
that
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
a d
have
dema ded
that
the
two
be
deli ked.

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
had
li ked
the
impleme tatio
of
33%
ese vatio
fo
wome
i
legislatu es
to
the
delimitatio
of
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cies.