MK Stalin's Message For Newlyweds Is A Swipe At Centre Over Delimitation

In a sarcastic jab at the Centre's delimitation plans, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has urged newlywed couples to plan families immediately so that the state gets an advantage when the delimitation exercise is held. At the wedding function of a DMK district secretary at Nagapattinam, Mr Stalin said he would earlier ask newlyweds to take their time before they plan a family. "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.