Overview

• Addressing a large gathering at Patna’s Miller High School grounds, the RLM chief said Bihar’s Lok Sabha share should rise from 40 to about 60 based on population.
• He argued the Emergency-era freeze on seat redistribution left Bihar under-represented, citing a heavier per-MP population load than in several southern states and inequities in MPLADS benefits.
• Framing the push as a North India cause, he urged support for the ‘Constitutional Rights – Delimitation Reform’ campaign after earlier legs in Vikramganj, Muzaffarpur and Gaya.
• He called for scrapping the judicial collegium and recruiting judges through open examinations, asserting that the President has taken note of the demand.
• He demanded renaming Patna as Pataliputra and alleged some southern states are trying to stall population-based delimitation, while also taunting rival leaders and saying the NDA can win the state if it avoids self-goals.