Chennai, Aug. 8 -- DMK MP and parliamentary party leader Kanimozhi on Saturday pushed back against Congress MPs who criticised her party for boycotting Chief Minister Vijay's all-party MPs' meeting on delimitation, clarifying that the DMK's objection is not opposed to delimitation itself but to any exercise that could shrink Tamil Nadu's voice in Parliament.

She emphasised that the DMK needs no lessons on its own political identity or its record of standing up for Tamil Nadu from Congress.

"We are not completely against delimitation. We are asking for a fair delimitation. During the election, DMK President and that time CM MK Stalin had made it clear that protecting Tamil Nadu was more important than electoral victory. More than winning...