India, March 22 -- The first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation, chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin, began in Chennai on Saturday, gathering 14 leaders from at least five states. The meeting aimed to discuss the perceived threat posed by the upcoming delimitation of Lok Sabha seats to states with higher literacy rates and stronger economic growth.

However, the BJP staged a black flag protest, fiercely criticizing Stalin for allegedly ignoring pressing state issues like the Cauvery and Mullaiperiyar water-sharing disputes, and instead focusing on what they called a "corruption-hiding meeting." BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan questioned the motive behind the ...