Facing reduction in Lok Sabha seats as TN implemented population control, says TN CM Stalin
Chennai, Feb 23 (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Sunday said the state was facing the situation of possible decrease in Parliamentary seats because it implemented the family planning programme.
Stalin had earlier also touched upon the subject, saying the Lok Sabha delimitation exercise may make people to think about raising "16 children," alluding to a Tamil saying on 16 kinds of wealth.
On Sunday, at a wedding of a senior party functionary in his Kolathur constituency here, Stalin also urged the newly weds to give their children proper Tamil names.
He said the family "planning campaign" underlines the need for a well-planned family with a focus on the number of children.
"Because we properly followed that continuously, there is a situation of reducing the number of Parliamentary seats as part of the delimitation exercise," the CM said.
Tamil Nadu, which has 39 LS seats, has been opposed to any reduction in their numbers following delimitation.
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BJP's reaction to Rahul Gandhi's comments on EC fuels 'mistrust': Sharad Pawar
Pune (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that BJP leaders routinely respond whenever Congress MP Rahul Gandhi questions the Election Commission's functioning, fuelling "mistrust" in the poll panel.
Responding to a question on Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Election Commission of India over alleged "vote chori", Pawar said Gandhi and other Opposition leaders have raised key issues about the ECI's functioning.
"When Gandhi, the leader of opposition (in the Lok Sabha), raised the issue in Parliament, the institution concerned should have taken note of it. But what is happening is that when Gandhi raises questions and criticises the ECI, the ECI does not answer - it is the BJP and its leaders who respond," he told reporters here.
Instead of the Election Commission, the chief minister and other leaders are responding to such issues, the former Union minister noted.
"By doing this, they are actually contributing to the mistrust about the ECI, which is not good," he added.
Sharpening his attack on the issue of “vote chori” (vote theft), Gandhi last week accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those who destroyed democracy.
To buttress his allegation, the leader of the opposition cited data from two assembly constituencies in Karnataka and Maharashtra, where he claimed voters were deleted/added in a fraudulent manner.
The Election Commission has dubbed the allegations as incorrect and baseless, and said, “No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Gandhi.”
