Come 2026 census, the central government is in plans to execute delimitation based on the data. This has caused quite a stir in southern states.
BRS working president KTR has extended his support to ‘Thiru’ Stalin for raising his voice against delimitation. KTR wrote on his X handle that southern states cannot be penalized for religiously implementing family planning when the country needed it the most.
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KTR said delimitation was against democracy and federalism. He went on to say, I propose delimitation based on the fiscal contributions to the nation.
No one can deny the contribution of Telangana and southern states in nation building, said KTR. He pointed out while Telangana constitutes 2.8% in terms of national population, it contributes 5.2% of nation’s GDP.
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Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin has called for an all-party meet in TN on March 5 to protest against delimitation proposed by the BJP government in 2026.
Delimitation means fixing of the number of seats and boundaries based on territorial constituencies in every state for Assembly and Lok Sabha. It also includes determining the seats for SCs and STs in the houses.
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In India, the past census was held in 1971 after which it was frozen to make sure states follow population control measures and those with higher populations do not end up with higher number of seats.
Now, the basis for seats is as per 1971 census. The number will be readjusted following the census in 2026. Though the census was to take place in 2021, it got postponed due to Covid and other reasons.
As mentioned earlier, the seats were frozen to encourage population control. But states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh have seen an explosion of population as against southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Experts say there are two options before NDA government – one is to retain the 543 seats and their redistribution among states and second option is to increase the number of seats to 848 with proportionate increase in various states.
It is this second option that the southern states are concerned about as it would lessen their representation in national politics.
I totally agree with Thiru Stalin and strongly support him on this. You cannot penalize the Southern states for religiously implementing family planning when the nation needed it the most
To execute delimitation without considering the efforts of the southern states is not in… https://t.co/IjG9wLL7Sv
— KTR (@KTRBRS) February 26, 2025
