Joint Action Committee Demands Freeze on Delimitation for 25 Years

He also said a legal option could be explored and favoured setting up an expert panel to draw up the political and legal action plan.

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Addressing the meeting, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan termed the proposed delimitation as a 'sword of Damocles' hanging over the states, especially in southern India, which implemented programs to control the population.

He urged the Centre to engage in "meaningful dialogues" before going ahead with the process. Delimitation, if done after the Census, will lead to an increase in seats for northern states and a reduction for southern states. "Such a cut in seats for the south and an increase for the north will suit the BJP as it holds greater influence in the north," he claimed.

Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had accused Stalin of spreading "misinformation" over the delimitation issue and assured that southern states will not lose a single Parliamentary seat.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman charged the DMK was raising "emotional" issues like alleged Hindi imposition and delimitation as it had nothing to showcase as its own achievements before the people during next year's Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.

The DMK, however, described the meeting as a "historic first" in the annals of independent India, involving 7 states including Tamil Nadu and 14 political parties. "DMK President (Stalin) is deciding national politics; the JAC resolution is causing political tremors in Delhi," the party said.