The central government on Wednesday announced that the Population Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases and will also include the enumeration of castes.
For this purpose, Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy has put forward the state's request before the Centre, at a meeting with Union Minister for Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy, citing need for enhanced urban public transport systems in key cities in the southern state.
According to police, preliminary investigations suggest that all three had entered India illegally and were planning to travel further into southern states via train through Kolkata. Authorities suspect their movement was part of a broader human trafficking or illegal immigration network.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended his warm wishes to people celebrating the Ugadi festival on Sunday. In his message, Stalin called for unity among the southern states.
Several political parties, particularly in the southern states, have strongly opposed the proposed delimitation exercise. Parties have raised concerns that the move could reduce representation for states that have successfully controlled population growth.
Congress leader BK Hariprasad has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of trying to reduce the representation of southern states in Parliament and assemblies through delimitation and said the saffron party was resorting to such tactics as it was
"Delimitation is not an issue, but some leaders from the southern states are trying to make an issue out of it because they are losing their identities from their politics. In the past 10 years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has equally provided support to all the stat
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, the BJP OBC Morcha National President asserted that the people of the southern states believe in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and NDA will soon come to power in Telangana and Tamil Nadu also, adding to its existing stronghold in 21 states.
Addressing the Delimitation conference organised by southern state leaders and chief ministers in Chennai, KT Rama Rao (KTR), the working President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), voiced serious concerns on Saturday over the potential fallout of the ongoing delimitation process in so
Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Saturday criticised the "loose talk" regarding delimitation and said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's assurance that parliamentary seats of southern states will not be reduced is not enough to allay the concerns expressed by the leaders of those state
"We strongly oppose the current form of the delimitation process. We are the states that have successfully implemented the Population Policy of 1976, which has led to a significant reduction in our population. For this, we should not be punished. This is nothing but a penalty for the success