Siddaramaiah Supports DMK on Delimitation, Shivakumar to Attend Chennai Meet

Bengaluru- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has extended his support to the DMK-led opposition against the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, requesting Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to represent Karnataka at the upcoming meeting in Chennai.

In a letter addressed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Siddaramaiah cited prior commitments for his absence at the March 22 meeting but acknowledged the issue’s significance. “The issue of delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies based on new population benchmarks needs to be discussed at length by like-minded states,” he wrote in the letter dated March 13.

Siddaramaiah’s stance comes after Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ponmudy and Rajya Sabha MP Mohammed Abdullah Ismail met him in Bengaluru to discuss protests against what they described as the central government’s “anti-democratic and anti-Southern stance.” The Karnataka CM condemned the alleged attempt to “weaken democracy and federalism.”

The DMK has been rallying leaders across party lines — including those in the NDA like Chandrababu Naidu — to build a united front against the proposed delimitation changes.