BRS on BJP: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and Telangana minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday (May 30) said if Lok Sabha seats are delimited on the basis of population after 2026, it would be a “gross injustice” to the southern states. ‘ Will happen. The BRS leader’s remarks came in the wake of reports claiming that if the BJP is voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a government led by it would initiate the process of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 28) new parliament building was inaugurated. Its Lok Sabha chamber has three times the number of seats with enough space for 888 members. The new Rajya Sabha has a seating capacity of 384 members. On this occasion, PM Modi had said that there was a challenge related to the seating area in the old building of Parliament and in the coming time the number of seats will increase and the number of MPs will increase. In such a situation, it is being speculated that there may be delimitation of Lok Sabha seats.
According to the 84th amendment of the constitution, no change can be made in the boundaries of the constituencies after 2026 till the first census or at least 2031, the basis of the current Lok Sabha seats is the 1971 census. At present there are 543 seats in the lower house of the Parliament.
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Rama Rao said in a press release that the southern states followed the policies of the Center and controlled the population with a progressive mindset. If population-based delimitation happens, it will be a ‘grave injustice’ to those states. He expressed apprehension that due to delimitation the southern states may get less Lok Sabha seats and on the other hand the states especially in the northern region may benefit from the increase in Lok Sabha seats.
The BRS leader claimed that it would benefit the northern states which have failed to control population despite appeals from the central government. Rao alleged that Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, which used to control population, are being severely punished today for their progressive policies.
According to him, the southern states are at the forefront not only in population control but also in all kinds of human development indices. Rama Rao claimed that the southern states with only 18 per cent population contribute 35 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and are contributing a lot to the national economic development and the country as a whole. He appealed to the leaders and people of the southern states to go beyond politics and raise their voice against ‘injustice’.
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