Barring the BJP, more than 50 registered political parties took part in the all-party meeting that Stalin had convened to arrive at a consensus on Tamil Nadu’s stand on delimitation.
In a unanimous resolution, the JAC which met on Saturday in Chennai, asked to extend the freeze on Parliamentary constituencies based on the 1971 population census for the next 25 years.
The Congress has lent its full support to regional forces fighting to strengthen the federal structure of the country and taking on the central government to block its “unfair and unjust” delimitation of Lok Sabha seats.
Meanwhile, the BJP staged a black flag protest, accusing Stalin of welcoming alliance partners who they claim have betrayed Tamil Nadu’s farmers.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday extended his support to the conference organized by his Tamil Nadu counterpart and DMK supremo MK Stalin in Chennai against the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.
We cannot remain mute spectators to our rights being stripped and Tamil Nadu being disparaged, he said.
Reacting sharply to Pradhan's remarks made in Lok Sabha where DMK MPs protested against the alleged imposition of Hindi in the southern state through NEP, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin asked the Union minister to mind his tongue.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has announced its opposition to the proposed Lok Sabha delimitation's current draft, scheduled to take effect after 2026.
Tamil Nadu shows the path for every state to follow to protect their mother tongue by identifying hegemonic languages and the strategy to escape their clutches, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin said and vowed to halt Hindi imposition and save mother Tamil.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister debunked the contention of the BJP on the necessity of the three-language policy.
