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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay Convenes All-Party Meet to Oppose Delimitation Bill

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay Convenes All-Party Meet to Oppose Delimitation Bill

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THE BRIEF
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay convened an all-party meeting on Saturday at Chennai's Kalaivanar Arangam to oppose the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation.

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The meeting, attended by 19 of the state's 57 MPs, resolved to demand that the total number of Lok Sabha seats remain frozen at the current 543.

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Participants agreed to push for a formal resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to protect the state's existing 39 Lok Sabha seats against potential population-based increases.