TDP RAISES CONCERNS OVER DELIMITATION

PARTICIPATING in the debate on Constitution, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, an MP from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a key ally of the NDA, flagged concerns on the impending delimitation exercise, saying that the southern states will lose out to the north Indian states.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

Devarayalu said that based on current census data, four northern states - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - are set to gain 155 Lok Sabha seats in the reconfiguration. On the other hand,