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"It will go by the Constitution": Union Minister Suresh Gopi defends delim
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
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.
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BJP, RSS want to reduce numbers in South, create discrepancies: BK Haripra
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
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
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"Delimitation being made into an issue": BJP's Praveen Khandelwal attacks
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"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
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BJP leader K Laxman slams Tamil Nadu govt amid delimitation row
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
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.
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"Delimitation puts Southern states' future at risk": BRS working president
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
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
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Loose talk regarding delimitation is not desirable: Congress' Veerappa Moi
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
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
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"Southern states should not be penalized for population policy success": T
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"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
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Delimitation process driven by "narrow political interests": Kerala CM Pin
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Kerala Chief Minister further stated that if the delimitation is carried out purely on the basis of population, then Kerala and other southern states will suffer from this.
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Congress leader Vishwanathan calls delimitation unjust, says it will reduc
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Congress leader Vishwanathan on Friday alleged that the delimitation process will result in the reduction of Parliament seats in the southern States.
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Central govt must ensure "coordination of opinions": Pinarayi Vijayan amid
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Suggesting that the delimitation process must not meddle with the number of parliamentary seats, he said that states, which have implemented population control measures, shouldn't be punished since it would be "unfair".
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Centre indulging in conspiracy against southern States through delimitatio
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said that an action plan is being prepared to thwart the Central Government's "conspiracy" against the Southern States through the delimitation of Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.
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"BJP doing vendetta politics": Telangana CM Revanth Reddy slams BJP over d
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday criticized the BJP-led central government over the delimitation exercise scheduled for 2026, saying the BJP is doing this to settle scores with the people of Southern states because they never allowed the BJP to grow.
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