TN CM Stalin calls for fair delimitation, leads JAC meet

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has stated that protest was not against delimitation but to urge for "fair delimitation". He was addressing the first meeting of the Joint Action Committee in Chennai on Saturday. Stalin said, "Our country has multiple cultures. As per constituency delimitation on population basis our states will get affected since we have taken action to control population, that's why we are in situation to oppose it and we may get decrease our representatives in parliament. As per current population, constituency Delimitation should not happen is what we all should be firm to oppose it.... This protest is not against delimitation but to urge for fair Delimitation." Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin stated that the states that have participated in the meeting have made significant efforts to control and manage the population growth but instead of being rewarded for this achievement, they are now at risk of losing their political representation. The Chief Ministers and representatives from various states are the meeting.
Karnatatka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Telangana CM Revenath Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das and Biju Janata Dal leader Sanjay Kumar Das Burma and others are attending the meeting.However, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which had backed the DMK on its stand on delimitation, did not send any of its representatives or leaders.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan targets the BJP. He claims the BJP is going ahead with the delimitation since it knows the process with be advantageous for the northern India. On one hand the Union government praises us for effectively tackling the population explosion, but on the other hand it is cutting our share of money saying your population is less. The 1976 population control policy was for the whole nation, but only few states like Kerala implemented in effectively, he says. 
Bharatiya Janata Party's Tamilisai Soundarajan slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over conducting the 1st Joint Action Committee Meeting on the issue of delimitation. Soundarajan said that Stalin is conducting the meeting to "hide his misgovernance" noting that the central government has not even announced delimitation yet."All the CMs of other states are attending the meeting to hide their misgovernance," she added.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai said, "In the last four years after DMK came to power, Tamil Nadu's interests have continuously been sacrificed...for political gain... TN CM has never gone to Kerala to speak with them and solve the issues, but today, he has invited the Kerala CM to talk about an artificial issue which he has created... Our condemnation is for the TN CM for inviting the Kerala CM and not solving TN's problems."