A meeting chaired by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday at Kalaivanar Arangam was attended by 21 of 57 Tamil Nadu MPs, with DMK and AIADMK boycotting. Attendees expressed unanimity on preserving state representation, while DMK cited TVK's unclear stance on delimitation as the reason for absence. The Delimitation Bill had previously been introduced in Parliament, opposed by DMK, and defeated.