Burning copy of delimitation bill by Stalin orchestrated with an eye on TN polls: BJP's Reddy

HYDERABAD: (Apr 17) Taking exception to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin burning a copy of the delimitation bill, Telangana BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday alleged that the protests by DMK were orchestrated with an eye on the assembly elections next week.

In a statement here, Reddy, a former vice chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), said an all-party meeting, led by Stalin last year in Chennai, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give an assurance in the Parliament that the 1971 census -based Lok Sabha seat allocation would be extended beyond 2026.

"The present proposal is not to disturb the distribution of Lok Sabha seats on the 1971 basis but to add 50 per cent seats for all the states to factor in Women’s Reservation, which has been elusive for several decades because of the lack of political will, especially by the previous Congress-led UPA," he said.