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BJP Prez Explains 'Pro Rata' Basis of LS Seats, But Letter to CM Silent on Point
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|March 02, 2025
The Tamil Nadu BJP, in a letter to CM MK Stalin on Saturday, explaining its rationale to boycott the all-party meeting called to discuss the impact of delimitation for Tamil Nadu, was strangely silent on the explanation given by its state chief on the interpretation of the pro rata basis of delimitation.
Speaking to reporters in Tiruppur on Saturday, BJP president K Annamalai said the delimitation will ensure "pro rata increase" of Lok Sabha seats "as per the existing number of LS seats (in each state) and not as per the population of the states.
"Tamil Nadu presently accounted for 7.15% (39) of the total 545 LS seats and if the total seats are increased to say 700, 800, or 1,000, the state's seats will be proportionately increased to maintain this 7.15% share of TN in the overall LS seat matrix. The CM is attempting to spread imaginary fears over the matter," Annamalai said.
After Stalin made delimitation a key issue by scheduling the all-party meeting on March 5, the BJP has been blaming the DMK for raking up a non-issue, that too when the exercise has not even started, to divert attention from the alleged anti-incumbency faced by the ruling DMK in the state.
This story is from the March 02, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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