DMK willing to discuss delimitation bill if Tamil Nadu's interests are protected

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The DMK party has expressed conditional openness to discussions on the delimitation bill, provided Tamil Nadu's political interests are not compromised. The party is demanding an ironclad guarantee that the state will not lose its current number of parliamentary seats in any redrawing of constituency boundaries. Delimitation, which redraws electoral boundaries based on population data, has been a contentious issue for southern states that fear losing seats due to their better population control record. Tamil Nadu and other southern states have long argued that penalising them for successful family planning policies would be unjust. DMK's stance signals a potential shift toward dialogue, but only under firm conditions that safeguard the state's representation in Parliament.

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