NEW DELHI: Amid war on delimitation and National Education Policy (NEP), Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday made an unusual appeal, urging state residents to have children ‘immediately.’
Stalin said that population-based delimitation could affect TN’s parliamentary seats and requested citizens to consider his appeal seriously, setting aside personal reservations.
The CM was attending wedding ceremony of Nagai district party secretary. “Earlier, we used to say, take your time and have a baby. But now the situation has changed, and we should say it now. We implemented family planning successfully, and now we are facing such a situation,” Stalin said while addressing the gathering at the event.
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The chief minister specifically addressed newly married couples, encouraging them to start families quickly to ensure adequate political representation post-delimitation. He acknowledged the state’s successful family planning initiatives but expressed worry about their current implications.
Stalin has organised an all-party meeting for March 5 to discuss delimitation matters, inviting 40 Election Commission-registered political parties to address what he termed a “sword dangling over Tamil Nadu.”
Stalin added, “They are trying to implement delimitation which will reduce the number of Lok Sabha seats to Tamil Nadu. I have convened an all-party meeting on March 5 to discuss our stand on delimitation. Forty registered with the Election Commission have been invited. A majority of them have said yes, a few are skipping it. But they should understand that this is not a problem of DMK, it is a problem for the entire state. So I urge everyone again to stand together for the welfare of this state and its rights.”
