Chennai, March 22 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has termed the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation as "a good beginning" to protect "the federal structure and the constitution of this country."

The meeting, hosted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, was held here on Saturday.

"Delimitation meeting went very well. It is a good beginning, and we'll all join together to save the federal structure and the constitution of this country," Shivakumar said while speaking to reporters after the meeting.

He said that the very foundation of democracy and federalism was under threat.

"The very foundation of democracy and federalism is under threat. So, a good beginning has been made, and a fair delimit...