Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tamilisai Soundarajan has criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for organizing the first Joint Action Committee Meeting on delimitation, alleging that it is an attempt to “hide his misgovernance.”
Referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks in the Rajya Sabha, Soundarajan accused the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) of double standards and claimed that the central government has not yet even announced the delimitation process.
Speaking to ANI, she said, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech clearly exposed the double standards of DMK. He said that we will go to each and every village to expose the corruption charges against the DMK… The delimitation has not even been announced, but the CM is conducting a meeting to hide his misgovernance.”
She further added, “All the Chief Ministers of other states attending this meeting are doing so to cover up their own governance failures.”
Meanwhile, the all-party meeting called by MK Stalin in Chennai has brought together several opposition leaders, including Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das, and Biju Janata Dal leader Sanjay Kumar Das Burma.
Expressing strong opposition to delimitation, DK Shivakumar reaffirmed that Karnataka would not allow its parliamentary seats to be reduced.
“I would like to congratulate MK Stalin. He has taken the first step. We are very proud that he is protecting the federal structure and the Constitution of this country. Coming together is the beginning. Today, all of us will discuss what the progress will be, and work together… Leaders from Telangana, Punjab, Kerala—we all have joined here… At any cost, we cannot let down our country or allow our seats to be reduced,” Shivakumar told ANI before attending the meeting.
The Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government has been at odds with the Centre over various issues, including the three-language formula proposed in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the delimitation exercise. The ongoing political battle underscores the growing friction between regional parties and the BJP-led central government over governance and federalism.