CM Stalin's Advice To Newlyweds: 'Have Babies Immediately'

Stalin, speaking at the wedding function of a DMK district secretary at Nagapattinam, said he would earlier ask newlyweds to take their time before they plan a family.

Stalin has said the delimitation exercise will put southern states at a disadvantage.

Source : PTI

Taking a jibe at the Centre's delimitation plans, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin asked newlyweds in the state to immediately have babies as the "situation has changed".

Stalin, speaking at the wedding function of a DMK district secretary at Nagapattinam, said he would earlier ask newlyweds to take their time before they plan a family. The delimitation exercise is expected to be conducted after 2026.

"But now with policies such as delimitation that the Union Government is planning to implement, we cannot say that. We focused on family planning and succeeded, and were pushed into a situation such as this. So I would now urge newlyweds to immediately have babies and give them good Tamil names," he said.

Stalin has said the delimitation exercise will put southern states at a disadvantage as they had implemented family planning effectively over the years. 

He has contested that this would give southern states a lesser say in Parliament despite their significant achievement in population control for the country's welfare and significant contribution to the country's GDP.

DMK Restorting To Desperate Diversionary Drama

BJP spokesperson CR Keshavan said the DMK had resorted to "desperate and dishonest diversionary drama". "Does the DMK, which is engaging in desperate and dishonest diversionary drama, have the courage to question Rahul Gandhi and seek an explanation on his call for 'Jitni Abadi, Utna Haq', means rights proportionate to the population? This call of Rahul Gandhi is in direct contradiction with what DMK is purportedly claiming," he said.

Keshavan accused the DMK of "trying to divert the attention from the gross mismanagement, misrule and misgovernance".