Demanding status quo on delimitation process for the next 30 years, an All Party meeting convened by the Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday strongly and unanimously opposed the proposed exercise based population and sought an assurance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha that it would be conducted only based
on the 1971 population census, besides constituting a Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising MPs from all the Southern States, including Tamil Nadu, to create an awareness among the people.

An unanimous resolution was adopted at the meeting, chaired by Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin, in which leaders of nearly 40 parties–barring the BJP which boycotted it–setting aside their political differences, participated and spoke in one voice against the proposed population-based exercise which would reduce the number of Lok Sabha seats from the present 39 to 31.

A total of six resolutions, moved by Stalin, were adopted at the meeting, one of which favoured maintenance of status quo on the delimitation process for the next 30 years beyond 2026, while