Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 7 : Amid the delimitation row, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar claimed that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will raise all kinds of bogies to try and distract the people of Tamil Nadu from the "last nine years of misgovernance" and "corruption"
He also claimed that CM Stalin is not confident about the 2026 State Assembly elections.
"...We all know that the DMK in Tamil Nadu is worried about the 2026 elections. So this is not the only thing. They will raise all kinds of bogies to try and distract the people of Tamil Nadu from the last nine years of misgovernance, corruption, and the rampant betrayal of the trust of the people of Tamil Nadu. So they will do everything. And it is our duty to make sure that they do not succeed...," Chandrasekhar told ANI here.
"...If it is not drama, and politics to distract people, what is it? This is the same game they do, Rahul Gandhi does it, before every Lok Sabha election, Stalin will do it before assembly election," he said.
Replying to a query, he said, " They are afraid of our leaders, because our leaders are public servants, our leaders want to serve the people to bring development to the people".
The all-party meeting presided over by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin passed a resolution requesting PM Modi to give assurance in the parliament that if delimitation is done, it should be based on the 1971 population census from 2026 to the next 30 years.
64 parties were called for March 5th all-party meeting on Constituency Delimitation, in which 58 parties (including organisations) participated.
The BJP, Tamil Maanila Congress, Pudhiya Tamilagam, Pudhiya Needhi Katchi, and Naam Tamilar Katchi did not participate in the all-party meeting.
As per the resolution, "This all-party meeting unanimously strongly opposes Delimitation based on population, which is seen as a big threat to India's federal structure and Tamil Nadu and other Southern States representation."