NEW DELHI: The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Vijay Joseph, accusing him of taking a “U-turn” on the issue of delimitation.The DMK‘s criticism came after Vijay met Union home minister Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.Taking to social media, the DMK IT cell alleged that Vijay, who had earlier taken a strong stand against the Centre and Amit Shah over the issue of delimitation, had now changed his position.The party wrote, “Chief minister Vijay, who took a firm stand against Amit Shah on the issue of delimitation. Chief Minister Vijay, who, in the very same week that a resolution was passed to not increase the current number of 543 MPs, changed his stance.”In another post, the DMK said, “Chief Minister Vijay has done a U-turn in a week on the constituency redrawing issue! Is this the same person who called Tamil Nadu’s supporters of constituency redrawing the ‘eight-footers’?”The party also took a veiled jibe at TVK allies in state, “Will the parties in the alliance question the duplicity in this double game by Thavega? Or will they also give a nod to this?”
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The attack came on a day Amit Shah chaired the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council in Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu, bringing together representatives of five states and three Union territories to discuss issues concerning the Centre and the southern region.The meeting was held at the Taj Fisherman’s Cove hotel in Kovalam and was hosted by the Tamil Nadu government. Chief ministers and senior representatives from the member states and Union territories attended the meeting, according to the ministry of home affairs.
