India, Aug. 20 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday participated in the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council along with other CMs of the region and made three key requests before Union home minister Amit Shah -- one on delimitation, another on NEET and a third on drug control.

Along with Vijay, Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar and Andhra Pradesh's N Chandrababu Naidu were also in attendance at the meeting at the Taj Fisherman's Cove hotel in Kovalam, Chengalpet district in Tamil Nadu. The Council was hosted by the TVK-led Tamil Nadu government.

Addressing the meeting, Vijay sought firm assurance from the Centre that no state would lose parliamentary representation as a result of the proposed Delimitation B...