Chennai, June 6 -- As the proposed delimitation exercise by the Centre seemed to have been dominating the political landscape as it would Tamil Nadu's Lok Sabha representation, a war of words has erupted between the ruling DMK and the main Opposition AIADMK with the former stoutly opposing and terming that the danger he had warned was now at the doorstep and the latter accusing DMK of shedding crocodile tears on the issue to hide the failure of its government.

Strong reiterating his opposition for delimitation based on present population as it would affect the southern states, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin, in a statement on Friday evening said the Census delay (which the BJP Government pushed to 2027) is no accident.

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