BRS to participate in DMK’s all-party meeting on delimitation on March 22 in Chennai

Meeting aims at uniting Southern States against the delimitation process being adopted by the Centre on population basis, which could be detrimental to the States

Hyderabad: The BRS has decided to participate in the all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai on March 22.

The meeting aims at uniting Southern States against the delimitation process being adopted by the Centre on population basis, which could be detrimental to the States.

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A DMK delegation, led by Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister KN Nehru and MP NR Elango, met BRS working president KT Rama Rao at Telangana Bhavan to invite the BRS to the meeting.

Rama Rao said party chief K Chandrashekhar Rao would decide on BRS representatives for the meeting. However, he said Southern States, which successfully implemented family planning policies of the Central government in the 1970s and 1980s, should not be penalised with reduced parliamentary representation.

“If parliamentary seats are allocated purely based on population, it will harm Telangana and other Southern States,” he said.

He asserted that the meeting would collectively discuss all possible solutions and unitedly exert pressure on the Centre to safeguard the interests of the Southern States.

Responding to a question on the Congress government’s plans to host a similar meeting in Telangana, he said no such invitation was extended.