Chennai, Apr 6 (Reporter) Accusing the BJP-led government at the Centre of being hellbent on reducing the strength of Tamil Nadu in the name of delimitation, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should allay the fears and promise that no Parliamentary seats would be reduced under the exercise. Mr Modi should allay the genuine fears of the people on the proposed delimitation exercise and make a promise from this TN soil that there would no seat reduction in the State and also in Southern States, which has effectively implemented population control measures, he said, after launching various welfare measures and inaugurating new government hospitals at Udhagamandalam in the Nilgiris district. He also demanded that the Prime Minister should also bring in Amendments in Parliament in this regard. "It is not just about seats...it is our powers and rights", Mr Stalin, who skipped the event attended by the Prime Minister in Rameswaram to inaugurate the new Pamban Bridge, said. Accusing the Centre to conspiring to reduce the Parliamentary representation in the name of delimitation based on population which would severely affect several states including Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister said realising this he had convened an all party meeting and decided to form a Joint Action Committee to take forward the struggle. He said he had presided over the first JAC meeting in Chennai by inviting several states which were likely to be hit by the delimitation and adopted resolutions demanding freezing of delimitation for the next 25 years. Mr Stalin said he had also written to Mr Modi in this regard and also sought an appointment with him to meet him along with a delegation of MPs from TN to convey the apprehensions of the people of the State. Exuding confidence that Mr Modi would soon give an appointment for the meeting, the Chief Minister, while clarifying that he had already informed him about his inability to attend the Rameswaram event in view of his visit to the Nilgiris district. Citing Mr Modi's visit, Mr Stalin urged him to allay the genuine fears of the people and give a firm assurance by standing in TN soil and also bringing in necessary Constitutional Amendments in this regard. Mr. Stalin the Prime Minister should make a promise to the people of Tamil Nadu while he was on “Tamil soil” and Southern states that they would not be punished by the delimitation exercise. On NEET exemption, he blamed AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami and ousted leader O Panneerselvam for bringing NEET into Tamil Nadu which was not allowed in the state during the tenure of former CMs M Karunanidhi and Ms Jayalalithaa. Stating that NEET entered Tamil Nadu after Ms Jayalalithaa's death, Mr Stalin dared Mr Palaniswami to tell BJP that his party would have an alliance with it (for the 2026 Assembly polls) only if TN was exempted form NEET purview. During the event, Mr. Stalin inaugurated 1,703 completed government projects amounting to Rs 494.51 crores in Ooty, including the newly constructed Udhagamandalam Government Medical College and Hospital and laid the foundation stone for 56 new projects in the Nilgiris to the tune of Rs 130.35 crores...////...