ByAsian Information Worldwide
Mar 15, 2025 04:05 PM IST
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann says BJP-led NDA govt at Centre desires to cut back variety of parliamentary seats in areas the place they don’t win, akin to Punjab. Says two Tamil Nadu ministers could be assembly him in reference to JAC meet referred to as by Stalin on March 22.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led NDA authorities on the Centre desires to cut back the variety of parliamentary seats in areas the place it doesn’t win elections.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led NDA authorities on the Centre desires to cut back the variety of parliamentary seats in areas the place it doesn’t win elections. (HT file photograph)
Interacting with mediapersons, Mann mentioned that two Tamil Nadu ministers could be assembly him concerning the joint motion committee (JAC) assembly referred to as by the southern state’s chief minister, MK Stalin, on the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.
“I spoke to Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin and two state ministers are coming to meet me. We want to know how many seats they (central government) want to increase. Now, they want to reduce the number of seats in Tamil Nadu because their population is low, which means they (the central government) are going against population control. They (central government) want to reduce the number of seats in areas where they do not win (elections),” Mann mentioned.
Stalin has referred to as a gathering of chief ministers and leaders from completely different political events concerning the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies on March 22 in Chennai.
The Stalin-led DMK authorities in Tamil Nadu has been protesting towards the central authorities’s three-language system within the Nationwide Schooling Coverage and the delimitation train.
Stalin has referred to as for a united political entrance towards the proposed delimitation, urging events to affix forces in opposing what he phrases is a “blatant assault on federalism”.
Earlier, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi mentioned that the occasion has obtained “very positive feedback” from completely different chief ministers and leaders throughout the nation concerning the JAC assembly on the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.
Talking to ANI, the Tamil Nadu MP mentioned that the chief ministers and leaders are blissful that Stalin has taken up this initiative. She claimed that delimitation primarily based on inhabitants will harm many states, together with these within the South and the North-East.
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