Why will KBG deny South LS seats after ’26?
The Congress in Karnataka has copied the Tamil Nadu DMK government’s policy and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his opinion on the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, since the BJP is targeting more seats in southern states in the next Lok Sabha elections.
Before Prime Minister Modi’s Sunday speech in Mysuru and Mangaluru, Congress wanted a guarantee from him that Karnataka and other southern states’ LS seats will not be cut during the 2026 delimitation process.
Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said on Saturday that the Tamil Nadu cabinet has issued a resolution declaring that delimitation should take place based on the 1971 census in order to guarantee the state a proportional representation in the Lok Sabha. The resolution has the support of all major parties. “If delimitation takes place, South India’s 129 LS seats would reduce to 103. The rights and representation of the states will be taken away. Modi has to respond to this. Modi has remained silent despite the opposition from all sides. He said, “It’s a plot to steal our voice and representation.
He emphasized that BJP PM Atal Behari Vajpayee also complied with then-prime minister Indira Gandhi’s constitutional amendment, which allowed delimitation based on the results of the 1971 census.
The Modi administration devised a scheme to allow the amendment to expire by delaying the census, which was scheduled for 2021, until 2025. There is a plot to harm the southern states by following the delimitation in 2026. He remarked, “The states must bear the cost of maintaining population control.
He compared the BJP’s new slogan—passing the 400-seat threshold—to the saffron party’s “India Shining” campaign in 2004, which resulted in the election of the Congress-led UPA.
“The UPA came to power in 2004 when the quiet working class majority, farmers, and the impoverished voted out the BJP. Given that they have given the BJP 10 years in power, India’s silent populace has the power to topple the government. He said, “Those who are the real stewards of democracy, as Nehru stated, are not in anybody’s pocket.
Regarding the state government’s move to the Supreme Court to request that it require the Center to provide NDRF funds for drought assistance, he said that the matter was accepted by the court and that the next hearing date is April 23.
“With folded hands, the Center’s attorney general asked the SC to postpone sending out a notification. He would have objected if there were any problems with our memorandum to the Center, he stated.
