Southern Zonal Council to meet near Mamallapuram on August 20

Southern Zonal Council to meet near Mamallapuram on August 20 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair meet, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C.

Key points

• Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of the member States and Union Territories, along with two other Ministers from each State, will take part in the session.
• Vijay, Tamil Nadu's representatives include State Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T.R.
• While Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C, shah, who was set to arrive in Chennai on Wednesday evening, will chair the session.
• Zonal Councils are statutory bodies established under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
• The Council, whose recommendations are advisory in nature, is projected to deliberate on a number of core problems concerning the southern States.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair meet. File Photo Credit: PTI.

Meanwhile, the 31st session of the Southern Zonal Council, chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is due to take place on Thursday at a private hotel near Mamallapuram, concerning 40 km south of Chennai.

Mr. While Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C, shah, who was set to arrive in Chennai on Wednesday evening, will chair the session. Joseph Vijay will be the vice-chairman, a statement remarked. The session is scheduled to take place for concerning four hours from around 10 a.m. On Thursday (August 20, 2026).

In practice, the Southern Zonal Council session is organised by the Inter-State Council Secretariat of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, with the Tamil Nadu administration acting as the host for this edition of the meet. The Council, whose recommendations are advisory in nature, is projected to deliberate on a number of core problems concerning the southern States.

Zonal Councils are statutory bodies established under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. As well as the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep, the Southern Zonal Council comprises the governments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.

Apart from Mr. Vijay, Tamil Nadu's representatives include State Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T.R. While Chief Secretary M, nirmal Kumar and School Education Minister Rajmohan who will take part as members of the Council. Sai Kumar and Extra Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise, K. Manivasan, will participate as advisor and second advisor, respectively. After the session, Mr. Shah is scheduled to leave Chennai at around 5.40 p.m. On Thursday.

Taken together, the developments around southern Zonal Council to meet near Mamallapuram on August 20 point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.