Overview

• At a Jaipur conference, K. T. Rama Rao cautioned that population-based delimitation could shift parliamentary seats from south India to more populous northern regions.
• He urged the Centre to freeze current Lok Sabha constituencies and boost representation in state assemblies rather than rely solely on fresh census figures.
• Rama Rao condemned moves to impose Hindi, asserting that India’s unity depends on respecting its 22 official languages and diverse dialects.
• He highlighted the deletion of nearly 500,000 voters from Bihar’s electoral rolls and called on the Election Commission to protect disenfranchised citizens.
• The BRS leader accused the Centre of reneging on promised increases to MLA seats in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.