DMK President MK Stalin called the delimitation draft bill a 'calculated deception' by the central government.
Rejecting the draft bill, Stalin urged the Centre not to rush the bill through in haste.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah have assured in Parliament that Tamil Nadu's representation will not be reduced, but Stalin said their words and actions reveal a different story.
'The bill they have introduced is nothing but a calculated deception. We reject it outright. It cannot be trusted. It will not be accepted', Stalin said.
He urged the Union government to withdraw the bill in full and demanded the same constitutional safeguard that former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee provided by freezing delimitation through constitutional amendment must be restored.
