{"id":60497,"date":"2025-03-22T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60497"},"modified":"2025-03-22T07:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T07:20:30","slug":"joint-action-committee-meeting-on-delimitation-cm-stalin-advocates-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/joint-action-committee-meeting-on-delimitation-cm-stalin-advocates-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Action Committee Meeting on Delimitation: CM Stalin Advocates Legal Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"422\">In the <strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"145\">first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting<\/strong> of states, hosted by Tamil Nadu\u2019s ruling <strong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"222\">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)<\/strong> regarding the <strong data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"285\">proposed delimitation of Parliamentary seats<\/strong> by the Centre, <strong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"331\">Chief Minister M.K. Stalin<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"347\">Saturday<\/strong> emphasized that the issue is likely to be taken to the <strong data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"419\">legal domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"857\">During the meeting, <strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"486\">Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan<\/strong> raised concerns that the proposed <strong data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"537\">delimitation<\/strong> was hanging like the <strong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"582\">&#8220;sword of Damocles&#8221;<\/strong> over the southern states. He accused the <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"654\">BJP-led Central Government<\/strong> of <strong data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"715\">pushing the issue forward without proper consultation<\/strong>. He further remarked that this move was not based on <strong data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"812\">constitutional or democratic principles<\/strong> but was driven by <strong data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"854\">political interests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1126\">Vijayan pointed out that <strong data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"917\">delimitation after the Census<\/strong> would result in <strong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"978\">an increase in seats for northern states<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1027\">a reduction in seats for southern states<\/strong>, which, he alleged, would benefit the <strong data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1123\">BJP due to its stronger influence in northern regions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1464\">Addressing the gathering, <strong data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1167\">CM Stalin<\/strong> called for the <strong data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1215\">formation of an expert panel<\/strong> to draft a <strong data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1262\">political and legal action plan<\/strong> on the issue. He proposed naming the panel as the <strong data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1363\">&#8220;Joint Action Committee for Fair Delimitation&#8221;<\/strong> and stressed the need for collective efforts to <strong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1461\">protect the representation of southern states<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1793\">&#8220;We are <strong data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1502\">not against delimitation<\/strong>, but we demand a <strong data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1541\">fair delimitation<\/strong>,&#8221; Stalin asserted, adding that <strong data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1607\">continuous efforts are crucial<\/strong> to safeguard the <strong data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1654\">rights of southern states<\/strong>. He also emphasized the importance of <strong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1721\">raising public awareness<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1761\">urging the Centre to reconsider<\/strong> the approach to delimitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1939\">Stalin concluded by calling for a <strong data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1845\">united fight<\/strong> to ensure that <strong data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"1922\">southern states do not lose their rightful representation<\/strong> in Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting of states, hosted by Tamil Nadu\u2019s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) regarding the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary seats&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60497","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60499,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60497\/revisions\/60499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}