Delimitation Protest: Tamil Nadu CM Opposes Bill, Calls It Unjust

PTI, April 16, 2026, Chennai/Namakkal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday burnt a copy of the delimitation Bill and dubbed it a "black law", alleging it seeks to make the Tamil people "refugees" in their own land.

Stalin hoisted a black flag and burnt a copy of the Bill on delimitation circulated by the Union government and raised slogans condemning the move, hours before the Parliament was to sit for a special session. The DMK leader burnt the copy of the Bill at Namakkal in western Tamil Nadu, where he is camping in connection with electioneering.

"Poradavom, Velvom ondraga" (Let us struggle, win together) was among the slogans raised by Stalin and others clad in black. After Stalin burnt a copy of the Bill, party leaders, office-bearers and elected representatives burnt copies of the bill in their respective regions.

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, amidst his poll campaign, burnt a copy in Madurai.

Udhayanidhi alleged that delimitation was a weapon in the hands of the Centre to cut off the state's political representation.

Hitting out at the Union government for "continuously betraying" Tamil Nadu, the Deputy CM alleged that the Centre was thinking of implementing whatever it wished with the assistance of some northern states.