Telangana CM accuses BJP of ‘revenge politics’ by means of delimitation

The BJP is pursuing “revenge politics” towards the southern states by means of the proposed delimitation train, Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy alleged on Friday and urged the Centre to convene an all-party assembly to debate the problem.

Talking on the India At this time Conclave within the nationwide capital, Reddy claimed that the BJP needed to scale back south India’s parliamentary illustration by means of the delimitation of parliamentary seats, which might alter constituencies primarily based on inhabitants.

“The BJP has no illustration within the south. Due to this fact, it’s taking revenge by means of delimitation. The BJP desires to complete the south by means of this train that may profit solely the northern states,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Calling it a political difficulty requiring broader session, Reddy mentioned, “An all-party assembly needs to be known as to debate the matter intimately. Not solely the southern states however others like Punjab can specific their views.”

He argued that the southern states shouldn’t be penalised for efficiently implementing inhabitants management measures, including that the delimitation train would disproportionately profit states similar to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Echoing his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.Okay. Stalin, the Telangana chief minister mentioned the delimitation train needs to be primarily based on the 1971 Census.

“Household planning implementation was the Centre’s plan. What it mentioned, we carried out. Let the Centre freeze delimitation for the following 30 years and see the expansion in inhabitants of the southern states,” Reddy mentioned.