The first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation commenced here on Saturday with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin in the chair.
The meeting witness the participation of 14 leaders from at least five states and they would deliberate on the ‘threat’ posed by the Lok Sabha seats delimitation exercise to states with high economic growth and literacy.
The Chief Ministers of Kerala, Telangana, and Punjab–Pinarayi Vijayan, Revanth Reddy and Bhagwant Singh Mann– are among the leaders taking part in the meeting.
The opposition BJP, which staged a black flag protest, slammed Stalin for not convening similar meetings on the Cauvery and Mullaiperiar water-sharing disputes with Karnataka and Kerala, respectively. BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan described the meeting as “corruption hiding meeting” by the respective leaders.
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said, “at any cost, we cannot let down our country and our seats to be reduced.”