Southern Zonal Council bundles NEET, Cauvery, drugs, and delimitation

At the 31st Southern Zonal Council meeting in Mahabalipuram, reports say Chief Minister Vijay raised Tamil Nadu's concerns on NEET, delimitation, Cauvery and Mekedatu, Mullaperiyar, drug trafficking, fiscal federalism, and southern-state economic coordination before Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other southern leaders. The issue mix matters because it moves several tracker files from state-only debate into a formal Centre-state forum. ThePrint later reported a clarification from Minister R. Nirmalkumar that Tamil Nadu's stand remains to continue the existing freeze on Lok Sabha seats at 543 nationally and 39 for Tamil Nadu. TVK Tracker records this as reviewed, while waiting for the speech text, minutes, formal resolutions, and follow-up letters.