An official launch stated that in the course of the assembly, it was determined that each one events ought to oppose and vote in opposition to the proposed Constitutional Modification Invoice on delimitation.
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A gathering of Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu convened by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday to debate the proposed delimitation referred to as for sustaining the established order by freezing the variety of Lok Sabha seats on the current 543 and retaining the present illustration of the States.
It was additionally determined {that a} authorities decision ought to be adopted within the Tamil Nadu Meeting to guard the rights of Tamil Nadu and the southern States.
The assembly was held at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai. Of the full 57 MPs — 39 within the Lok Sabha and 18 within the Rajya Sabha — from Tamil Nadu, solely 19 MPs, together with senior Congress chief and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, participated.
In keeping with an official launch, in the course of the assembly, it was determined that each one events ought to oppose and vote in opposition to the proposed Constitutional Modification Invoice on delimitation.
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The members of the assembly additionally objected to giving sweeping powers to the Delimitation Fee and stated Parliament ought to have the ultimate authority. Through the assembly, the discharge stated.
Mr. Vijay appealed to MPs belonging to all political events to work collectively to guard the rights of Tamil Nadu, based on the discharge.
The assembly lasted for a couple of and a half hours. After the assembly, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram stated the variety of MPs within the Lok Sabha should be frozen at 543. He stated all of the MPs unanimously opposed any transfer to extend it and stated Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha seats should even be protected.
Mr. Karti stated growing the full power of the Lok Sabha to 815 or 850 and giving Tamil Nadu illustration proportionate to the rise wouldn’t profit the State in any means.
“The BJP authorities had already drastically lowered the variety of sitting days of Parliament, leaving MPs with insufficient time to talk. Rising the variety of MPs would additional cut back the chance for MPs to talk,” he stated.
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan stated the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies ought to be dropped. The prevailing Lok Sabha power should proceed and its allocation among the many States should additionally stay unchanged.
He stated the unanimous decision was that there ought to be no transfer to extend the variety of MPs by 50% or to extend their quantity based mostly on inhabitants.
To a query on the DMK boycotting the assembly, Mr. Thirumavalavan stated, “Although they haven’t participated on this assembly, I hope they might undertake the identical place as that they had taken earlier.”
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore stated, “There isn’t a truthful delimitation. If in any respect there’s a delimitation, it will likely be unfair to Tamil Nadu. The delimitation train is a gimmick.”
MDMK principal secretary Durai Vaiko stated, “Our place is obvious on the difficulty of delimitation. The prevailing establishment should be maintained. Solely a Constitutional Modification Invoice to freeze the present variety of seats ought to be introduced in.”
CPI(M) MP Su. Venkatesan stated when the delimitation Invoice was tabled in Parliament in April, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah stated all States could be given a 50% improve in illustration. Nevertheless, there was no such provision within the Invoice. “It’s now being stated that what he had stated that day goes to take the type of regulation. However this can be a misleading ploy. Honest delimitation isn’t any delimitation,” he stated.
Aside from MPs, Ministers N. Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R. Nirmalkumar, and Rajmohan; Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar; and senior officers participated within the assembly.
A complete of 30 MPs (22 within the Lok Sabha and eight within the Rajya Sabha) from the DMK, 4 from the AIADMK, and one every from the DMDK, MNM and PMK boycotted the assembly, whereas Congress MP from Mayiladuthurai R. Sudha didn’t take part within the assembly as she was in Karnataka because of party-related work.
Printed – August 08, 2026 10:26 pm IST
