Chief Minister Vijay had invited all-party MPs from Tamil Nadu to a meeting on the issue of delimitation. It has now emerged that MPs from both the DMK and AIADMK will not be taking part in this meeting, which is scheduled to be held tomorrow evening at the Kalaivanar Arangam.

Regarding delimitation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay last night extended an invitation through the Tamil Nadu House in Delhi to MPs from all parties to discuss Tamil Nadu’s position. Today in the Assembly as well, TVK ministers repeatedly asked, “Will the DMK attend that MPs’ meeting?”
Opposition Leader Udhayanidhi had said in the House, “Our leader will consider it and make a decision.” Likewise, Udhayanidhi had also accused them of diverting the argument by talking about delimitation, which had nothing to do with the issue, when they were asked to convene an all-party meeting on the Mekedatu issue.
In this situation, political circles are whispering that DMK and AIADMK MPs are not going to take part in the meeting of MPs chaired by the Chief Minister. When inquiries were made in the circles of both parties regarding this, they said, 'TVK’s invitation to the all-party meeting itself is strange. This party, which does not even have MPs, is inviting MPs to a meeting.

If it is an all-party meeting, then as per procedure, invitations should be sent only to the party leaders. But instead of doing that, they have bypassed the party leadership and sent separate invitations to MPs through the Tamil Nadu House. This itself is an improper act that violates tradition. Moreover, when all the opposition parties are unanimously demanding an all-party meeting on the Mekedatu issue, instead of doing that, they are holding a dummy meeting on delimitation, which has nothing to do with it. Why should we take part in a meeting convened at their whim?' they say.
Already, in the Cauvery issue, the Chief Minister’s decision to say he was heading to Karnataka without asking for the views of any party had turned out to be a flop. Now, you asked for an all-party meeting, didn’t you... Political commentators are saying that this specially arranged meeting, put together as a kind of design, is also going to deal a major setback to the Chief Minister!
