India, Aug. 8 -- The Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday explained its boycott of the all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on delimitation, asking the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to clear its stance on the issue.

Most major opposition parties, including DMK and the AIADMK, steered clear of Vijay's meeting, with 37 of the state's 57 MPs absent.

DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said the party's boycott stemmed from the TVK's silence on where it stands on the delimitation exercise.

"The question is, what is their stand on delimitation? They have not made it clear. During the last session of Parliament, when the Bill was introduced, we opposed it, and the Bill was defeated," he told news age...