Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Amid strong opposition in the South with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin criticising delimitation process by the Union Government, he invited BJD president and his former Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik seeking the regional party's support for his effort.

A two-member DMK delegation comprising Central Chennai Lok Sabha Member Dayanidhi Maran and Tamil Nadu Information Technology Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan met the BJD Supremo at his residence Naveen Niwas and invited him on behalf of DMK chief Stalin to attend a special meeting on delimitation scheduled to be held on March 26 in Chennai.

Reports said that Patnaik expressed his concern over the population-based excercise. He reportedly assured the DMK ...