Chennai: The DMK on Thursday said that it will move the Supreme Court against the delimitation bill, if it is passed in the Parliament.
While releasing the DMK’s Assembly election campaign song, the party’s legal department secretary, N R Elango, said that the legal option is always open. “We will take legal steps in the interest of the southern states,” he added.
However, he wondered if the bill could be passed in the parliament and get the presidential assent. Adding to Elango’s statement, DMK Organising Secretary R S Bharathi said, “We have full confidence in the Supreme Court. We also have valid grounds to move the court”. With regard to the assurance given by Union Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament, he said “Oral assurance will not give confidence. The bill should have clarification, but it was not there. No guarantee was given”.
Claiming that the delimitation will not be passed in the Parliament, Bharathi said both Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have more than 80 MPs. Recalling Prime Minister Modi’s demonetisation move, the DMK leader said it was a “total failure”, and the government could not get any black money out of it. “Likewise, the delimitation process will also be a failure”, he said, adding, “it will vanish the southern states, and will create issues between north and south”.
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