‘No reduction in Parliamentary seats due to delimitation’: Shah assures southern states

COIMBATORE (TAMIL NADU): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured the southern states that they will not lose a “single Parliamentary seat” due to delimitation and accused Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin of spreading “misinformation” on the issue.

Shah, who was addressing BJP members after inaugurating a party office here, also rejected Stalin’s claims of “injustice” to the state in the allocation of central funds, saying the Narendra Modi government has provided Rs 5,08,337 crore to the state during the 2014-24 period.

The Union Home Minister was reacting to Stalin’s remarks that the delimitation exercise would impact the southern states, especially Tamil Nadu, which the Chief Minister claimed stands to lose 8 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats due to delimitation and has convened an all-party meeting on March 5 to discuss the matter.