MK Stalin Demands Postpone Delimitation For 25 Years Until 2051 After 131st Amendment Bill Fails

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday welcomed the failure of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, describing it as a successful outcome of the opposition’s fight against the “black law” known as delimitation. He credited the INDIA bloc MPs and women for defeating the bill on Friday, as reported by ANI.

Stalin stated that the campaign against delimitation had been meticulously planned nearly a year in advance. He noted that the Tamil Nadu government and opposition leaders had anticipated the issue early and coordinated efforts, including protests where copies of the proposed law were burned. In a video message posted on X, he expressed renewed energy and happiness over the development.

He thanked the people of Tamil Nadu, particularly women, who he said stood at the forefront to resist what he called a deceptive attempt to introduce the measure under the guise of women’s reservation. Stalin also expressed gratitude to opposition leaders including Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, Tejashwi Yadav, Supriya Sule, Naveen Patnaik, Hemant Soren, Farooq Abdullah, Uddhav Thackeray, D. Raja, M.A. Baby, K. Chandrashekar Rao, Sukhbir Singh Badal, and southern leaders such as Pinarayi Vijayan, Revanth Reddy, Siddaramaiah, and D.K. Shivakumar.

Stalin described the bill’s defeat as a “hammer blow” to attempts to divide the country on North-South lines and called it the first time in 12 years that a constitutional amendment bill introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had failed to pass. He termed the outcome as just the beginning of greater opposition unity.

He described the achievement as only a “half-victory” and urged the Union government to bring a constitutional amendment to postpone the delimitation of constituencies for another 25 years, until 2051 similar to the extension done in 2001. He further demanded that the women’s reservation law passed in 2023 be implemented immediately without any conditions linked to the current number of seats.

Stalin also criticised AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami, accusing his party of acting on directions from Delhi and suffering a setback in public perception ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. He recalled the DMK’s historical role in fighting for social justice, reservation, and against Hindi imposition.

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