CM Vijay to hold consultation with Tamil Nadu MPs on Delimitation Bill on August 9

Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday chaired a meeting of Tamil Nadu MPs on the Centre's proposed delimitation and it was boycotted by the DMK and the AIADMK which dubbed the deliberations a "farce" and a "drama".

Vijay led the discussions on the proposal of the Centre to carry out delimitation and its likely impact on the state. MPs belonging to ruling TVK's alliance parties, the Congress, VCK, MDMK and IUML, and friendly parties, the CPI and CPI(M), took part in the meeting.

In total, 19 MPs participated. Eleven Congress MPs, two MPs each from CPI, CPI(M) and the VCK; one MP each from the MDMK and IUML took part.