Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK backed first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting over Lok Sabha delimitation saw a political consensus emerge to bat for ‘fair delimitation,’ to not lose representation and to fight against having population as the yardstick to determine the number of seats.
At the meeting held here on Saturday, TN Chief Minister M K Stalin made it clear the fight is likely to be taken forward through the legal route also.
In the meeting, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the delimitation of LS seats was hanging like the “sword of Damocles,” and alleged the BJP government was going ahead on the issue without any consultation.
He said “This sudden move is not driven by Constitutional principles or democratic imperatives,” but by narrow political interests. Delimitation, if done after Census will lead to an increase in seats for northern states, 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.