A meeting of 35 political parties in Tamil Nadu, convened by CM MK Stalin and attended by all parties save the BJP and its allies, has put forth a set of guidelines on the contentious issue of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. The meeting demanded among other things, a 30-year status quo on the number of Lok Sabha seats with the 1971 consensus as the basis for delimitation. Stalin has announced that he will seek support from other southern states for the proposals. The five southern states of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the UT of Puducherry together elect 130 members to the Lok Sabha. Various estimations........

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