New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday convened a meeting of the state's MPs to discuss the Centre's proposed delimitation exercise, even as major regional parties DMK and AIADMK did not attend it.

Around 21 MPs from the Congress, VCK, CPI, CPI(M), MDMK and IUML attended the meeting at Kalaivanar Arangam, according to ANI. Those present agreed that Tamil Nadu's parliamentary representation should not be reduced under any future delimitation formula.

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said the issue should be viewed beyond party politics, arguing that Tamil Nadu's representation in Parliament must be protected.

"The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had called for a meeting for all the MPs from Tamil Nadu from b...