DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday welcomed the Women’s Reservation Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 19, 2023, but made a strong call to defeat the “political conspiracy” to reduce the number of Lok Sabha seats from south India, through the proposed delimitation exercise based on the new population census.
“The census hangs as a Damoclean sword over the south Indian states. We have to defeat the political conspiracy to reduce the Lok Sabha seats in south India based on the new census. Any attempt to cause injustice to Tamil Nadu, a State with high political awareness, should be nipped in the bud,” he said in a statement.
Mr. Stalin said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should assure the people that no injustice would be caused to those in south India under the guise of delimitation. “I urge the Prime Minister to dispel the fear of south Indian people,” he said.
