A crucial Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting involving representatives from non-BJP ruled States which were likely to face reduction in the number of Lok Sabha seats
because of the proposed delimitation exercise based on population by the BJP-led Government at the Centre, will be held in Chennai today.
Two Chief Ministers, a Deputy Chief Minister and representatives of more than 20 political parties from nearly seven non-BJP ruled states, including all the Southern states, will participate in the meeting convened by the ruling DMK in line with the resolutions adopted at an all-party meeting convened by it on March five.
Invitations have been extended personally by senior DMK leaders to Chief Ministers and leaders of political parties on the directions of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin, who has taken the lead as TN stands to lose eight of the total 39 seats, reducing its parliamentary
representation.
The southern states too stands to lose their parliamentary representation in view of the exercise.
Stalin said the population-based exercise was aimed at punishing the states, which had effectively implemented population-control measures and contributed significantly to Nation’s progress, development and growth