Hubballi, March 8 -- As the row over constituency delimitation intensified, Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday questioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's call for a Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation, alleging that Stalin's opposition was an attempt to "cover up" his "corruption and failure."

"This is his (MK Stalin's) attempt to cover up his misdeeds, corruption, and failure," Joshi told ANI.

He said there was no need for a committee since there was no delimitation commission.

"What is the need of this committee when there's no delimitation commission so far, no terms of references?" Joshi asked.

Accusing Stalin of "talking nonsense things," he said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has...