Tamil Nadu all-party meet demands freeze on delimitation for 30 years

Demanding a freeze on the delimitation exercise for the next three decades, the all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday, resolved to form a Joint Action Committee comprising MPs from southern states to create awareness on the adverse impact of delimitation based on population.

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The meeting, attended by 40 registered political parties, barring the BJP and two other minor parties, endorsed the resolutions placed by Mr Stalin. "The Prime Minister must assure in Parliament that the 2000 agreement — where the then Prime Minister guaranteed that constituency distribution would continue to be based on the 1971 population for fairness—will be extended for another 30 years beyond 2026," one of the resolutions said.