Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin which called for all southern and eastern Indian chief ministers to develop a joint opposition against delimitation because the exercise would make states with controlled populations lose significant political representation.
Through a Thursday correspondence with numerous former and existing Chief Ministers Stalin portrayed delimitation actions from the Center as a major violation of federal principles.
Democracy in India depends on its federal structure which preserves state powers through unified national unity according to Stalin. I write with primal determination about an upcoming danger that positions to threaten permanently the ability of regional governments to decide our nation’s destiny.
The outcome of the state assembly meeting on March 5 organized by Tamil Nadu’s government generated this direct request from Stalin to defend democratic representation in the Indian federation. Tamil Nadu BJP members chose to stay absent from the meeting since they considered the objections mere fiction.
The central reason behind Stalin’s opposition deals with his prediction that states implementing effective family planning programs since decades will give away parliamentary seats to states where population growth remains higher.
Stalin predicts that Tamil Nadu stands to lose up to eight parliamentary seats in future elections based on next delimitation policies that use post-2026 population data according to his statements. The state currently holds 39 Lok Sabha seats.
According to Stalin’s letter states must now consider when delimitation will take place because it holds the question of honoring the states’ national priority contributions.
The previous parliamentary actions which froze delimitation beginning in 1976 through the 42nd Amendment before continuing through the 84th Amendment past the first census post-2026 occurred with awareness of population control requirements.
The delay of the 2021 Census opens the door for an earlier delimitation exercise than originally planned between the current and next Census cycles. According to his writing the quickened pace brings minimal opportunities to defend our interests.
Stalin did not oppose delimitation in principle but forcefully objected to using it as a political tool against states that carried out their national commitments successfully. Dravid wrote that distribution would occur across existing 543 Lok Sabha seats or more than 800 seats might be allocated.
The distribution method reaches states negatively if they successfully complete population management objectives. His argument stated that effective population control measures and national development compliance should not result in such penalties.
Stalin accused the Union government of inadequacy regarding both the provision of official statements and specific program commitments on the matter. Weapons have failed to provide concrete details about how the pro-rata basis for delimitation will work or what factors will determine the calculation method according to him. We should accept these unclear guarantees when they relate to our democratic core?
During the March 5 all-party meeting Stalin informed representatives that a decline from 39 to 31 parliament seats in Tamil Nadu would occur should lawmakers maintain 543 total parliamentary constituencies.
The increase of MPs to 848 would give Tamil Nadu only 10 additional seats while the state needs 22 seats to preserve proportional representation.
According to Stalin the change would silence Tamil Nadu’s political influence at the national level. The current method threatens to penalize Tamil Nadu because of its excellent population control record which advanced national development efforts.
The Chief Minister asked PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to affirm that seat distribution for at least 2026 and possibly until 2056 would rely on the 1971 population statistics to Parliament in 2000. Stalin requests an extended application of the population quota framework that will reach up to 2056 since this current agreement is set to expire.
The reduction of seats in Parliament and both houses of the central legislature according to population statistics would constitute an improper punishment directed at southern states including Tamil Nadu for their implementation of effective social welfare policies during the preceding fifty years the state official wrote.
The letter from Stalin invited his counterparts from Kerala to Punjab alongside representatives from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal for establishing a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to organize united resistance.
According to his letter we must research the constitutional along with legal and political aspects of this issue together to form an effective resolution. A successful advocacy for a delimitation process that preserves our building of nations depends on collaborative study and joint defense.
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