Raise South's LS Seats by 33% if Delimitation Inevitable: T'gana CM

ACCUSING the BJP-led NDA government of enforcing a 'demographic penalty' through delimitation, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy demanded that the South's representation in the Lok Sabha be increased by 33 per cent from the current 24 per cent if delimitation is inevitable, warning that anything less would reduce the region to a "passive audience" in India's political landscape.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad

"If BJP conducts delimitation based on population, South India will lose political voice. The North will relegate us to secondary citizens. States like UP, Bihar, MP and Rajasthan will dominate the rest of the country. We cannot accept this at any cost," he declared at the first meeting of states over delimitation, hosted by the DMK in Chennai.