Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Southern CMs Urged to Unite Against Proposed Delimitation Exercise
Manickam Tagore is a Congress leader from Tamil Nadu.
He says southern states should work together against a planned change to electoral boundaries called delimitation.
He believes the change could reduce South India’s political influence.
His party also plans to protest during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Chennai.
Tagore supported maternity leave for families having a third child but said the government should think carefully about changing its family-planning policy.
He also called for better police training and reforms after custodial deaths.
He opposed the Mekedatu dam and asked Karnataka to release Cauvery water to protect crops.
He further sought punishment and more compensation after Tamil workers were fatally shot.
He also discussed milk prices and safety at reopened firecracker factories.
Tamil Nadu Congress chief Manickam Tagore urged southern chief ministers to unite against the proposed delimitation exercise.
Tagore announced a Chennai protest against Amit Shah’s visit, the Centre’s delimitation push and police action against protesting youth in Delhi.
He welcomed maternity leave for a third child but urged review of the change from Tamil Nadu’s two-child norm.
Tagore demanded police reforms, including scientific training and separating investigations from routine security duties.
He opposed the Mekedatu dam, sought Cauvery water for crops and demanded action over the shooting of Tamil workers.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief Manickam Tagore, with comments also referenced from Congress MP Karti Chidambaram.
- What
- Tagore urged southern chief ministers to oppose the proposed delimitation exercise and raised several Tamil Nadu policy and inter-state issues.
- When
- The statements were reported on August 19; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- At a press conference in Madurai, with a proposed protest in Chennai.
- Why
- Tagore said delimitation could undermine South India’s political rights and also cited concerns about policing, water, public safety and livelihoods.
- Speaker
- Manickam Tagore, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief
- Delimitation position
- Tagore urged southern chief ministers to unite against the proposed exercise.
- Planned protest
- The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee plans a protest in Chennai during Amit Shah’s visit.
- Maternity leave
- Tagore welcomed maternity leave for a third child but called for careful consideration of the policy change.
- Mekedatu project
- Tagore reiterated opposition to the dam project and said the state would not allow construction to begin.
- Milk procurement
- He acknowledged a Rs 3 increase and requested that dairy farmers’ demand for a Rs 7 increase eventually be met.
- Firecracker factories
- He commented on the reopening of 134 previously closed manufacturing units and called for coordinated workplace-safety measures.