TN CM demands special Parliament session to enact constitutional amendments

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has urged the Centre to convene a special session of the Parliament in June to enact constitutional amendments for delimitation, increase of seats and a guarantee that continuation of the current share of representation of states would continue for the next 30 years.

Citing news reports indicating women’s representation in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies is being considered based on the 2011 Census, Stalin said, “This step is not in line with the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed by the Union BJP government and its earlier position to take up this historic initiative only after delimitation is carried our based on the Census conducted after 2026.”

In a social media post, he said, “This (initiative by the Centre) is most probably aimed at securing electoral gains in the forthcoming Assembly elections in four major states.”