Bear children soon, so TN won't lose seats: CM Stalin to couples

Call comes ahead of all-party meet in the state on delimitation

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Nagapattinam

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin on Monday encouraged newly-married couples to bear children as early as possible, referring to the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies that is expected to be done on the basis of population. His comment comes ahead of the March 5 all-party meet he has called for to discuss the issue.

Solemnising a wedding organised by DMK's Nagapattinam district secretary N Gowthaman's family, Stalin, while winding up his speech with the appeal he usually makes to newlyweds to name their children in Tamil, said, newly married couples were earlier advised to not rush with childbearing. "There is no need to say that now," he said.