"Causing stir because they did not fulfill promises": BJP's Etala Rajenderon delimitation row

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Etala Rajender on Monday said that the Congress party and other regional parties are causing a stir on the proposed delimitation because they did not fulfill the promise made to the public.
Speaking to ANI, Rajender, who hails from Telangana, claimed that if the delimitation takes place now, the 17 seats of the state will remain the same.
"...Delimitation takes place every 20 years in this country. How can they say that the Southern states will suffer losses in Parliament seats? When the delimitation happened in 2009, the number of seats in Andhra Pradesh remained 42. If the delimitation takes place now, the 17 seats of Telangana will remain the same... Today, the regional parties and Congress party are making a stir only because they did not fulfill the promise made to the public. The people of the country are laughing at the statement made by these people," he said.
Earlier on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin chaired the first Joint Action Committee meeting in Chennai over the proposed delimitation issue.
The meeting was attended by Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, and other prominent leaders.
After the first meeting of the Joint Action Committee on delimitation, a resolution was unanimously adopted that asserts that "any delimitation exercise carried out by the Centre should be done "transparently" and after discussion and deliberation with all stakeholders.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced plans for an all-party meeting to address the issue, emphasizing the need for Southern states to maintain their political significance.
The Joint Action Committee on Saturday passed a resolution on the issue of delimitation, expressing concern over the "lack of transparency and clarity" from the Union government.
The JAC unanimously demanded greater transparency from the Union government regarding any delimitation exercise and called for the extension of the freeze on Parliamentary constituencies based on the 1971 Census Population for another 25 years.
The JAC led by Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin urged the central government to "not penalise" the states which have effectively implemented the population control program. Moreover, JAC resolved that the political parties from different states represented in the meeting will bring appropriate Legislative Assembly resolutions on the delimitation issue.
The MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government locked horns with the Central government over the three-language formula proposed in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the delimitation exercise. (ANI)