Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), Apr 14 (PTI) DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday flayed AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami over his stance on delimitation exercise and said he appeared to have no concern if the Lok Sabha seats for Tamil Nadu were decreased.
Alleging that the AIADMK general secretary supported the Centre’s decision to reduce the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, she said such a move would make the central government enact any legislation.
During his poll campaign in the state, Palaniswami said Tamil Nadu would not be affected by the delimitation as Union Home Minister Amit Shah had already assured that the state would not lose any Lok Sabha seats due to the exercise.
“There won’t be any respect for TN’s rights. Palaniswami has no concern for this. He says the DMK is not agreeable to women’s reservation. The DMK has always been demanding reservation for women since the times of our leader and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and our present Chief Minister M K Stalin has been pursuing it,” the DMK deputy general secretary said addressing a poll campaign here in support of the DMK candidate and state minister Geetha Jeevan.
She lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre for convening a special session of the Parliament for April 16-18 to introduce crucial amendments regarding delimitation of constituencies, a process linked to implement the women’s reservation bill, and said Tamil Nadu will not hesitate to launch an agitation if the number of Lok Sabha seats were brought down (from the present 39). PTI JSP JSP ROH
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