Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and candidate from the Tiruchirappalli East constituency, Vijay, during a roadshow ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. (PTI Photo)Assembly Elections 2026 Live Updates: With a week to go for Assembly polls, election campaigns have intensified in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal. During Cooch Behar’s Mathabhanga poll rally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that linking the women’s reservation bill with the delimitation process is a conspiracy to delete names from electoral rolls and implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
“Attempts are being made to divide India by linking women’s reservation and delimitation bills. Connecting these bills is a conspiracy to delete voters’ names and implement NRC,” Banerjee said.

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MK Stalin’s defiance against delimitation bill
Marking a strong defiance against the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin burnt a copy of the proposed delimitation bill in Namakkal and launched statewide protests by raising a black flag. Clad in black attire, the DMK leader continued his campaign in the district on Thursday.
Addressing the issue, Stalin said, “Today is a very important day. I am wearing a black shirt to oppose the delimitation bill. The union government is trying to reduce the representation of Tamil Nadu. Using the elections in the state, the union government is attempting to divert us from the election and enact the delimitation”.
He said that if the Bill is passed in its current form, Tamil Nadu, which expects 59 seats, would instead receive only 47 seats.
AIADMK candidate R Santhanakrishnan and fledgling TVK’s V S Babu are locked in a fierce triangular contest with Stalin, who is contesting for the fourth time from Chennai’s Kolathur Assembly constituency. Despite the high stakes, both Santhanakrishnan and Babu have been actively campaigning in this constituency in north Chennai.
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