Stalin convenes all-party meet to discuss LS delimitation
Addressing media at the Secretariat on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said, “a Damocles’ Sword is hanging over the southern states that might see the number of their representatives in Parliament going down for implementing the Union government’s family planning policy ardently”.
All the 40 parties recognised by the Election Commission of India would be invited to take part in the meeting to address the impending danger of the 39 constituencies being reduced to 31 just because the state achieved the goal set for population control through women’s education and a plethora of health initiatives, he added.
Since a reduced number of members in Parliament would crush the voice of Tamil Nadu, what the state was facing was a rights related problem and it was the duty of all parties to come together and fight it united.
Amid the ongoing Hindi imposition row, Stalin said the state was “ready” for “another language war.” Asked if the March 5 meeting will discuss the three-language policy, a bone of contention between the NDA-led Centre and the Tamil Nadu government in light of the National Education Policy (NEP), Stalin said that to raise voice in the Parliament on issues like NEP, central funds and NEET, adequate number of MPs was required.
In his letter to the political parties, inviting them for the meeting, Stalin said though steps were being taken to uphold the rights of the people of Tamil Nadu under the federal system for many years, the state had been facing issues on funds sharing and power sharing.
