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దక్షిణాది రాష్ట్రాల ఆందోళన, అమిత్ షా చెప్పేది నిజమా? Southern States’ Concerns, Is Amit Shah Right?
Stalin, Siddaramaiah Push Back on Shah’s Delimitation ‘Assurance’
While Union home minister Amit Shah has sought to assuage the concerns among southern states over the impending delimitation exercise, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah have pushed back and accused the Centre’s claims of being “not credible” while its ally in the Union government, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has accused the opposition parties of “fear mongering”.
Speaking to The Wire, TDP national spokesperson Jyothsna Tirunagari said that before any delimitation exercise, a population census has to be conducted.
“Now the point is, some parties, particularly the opposition parties are trying to do fear mongering. The concern was raised by Stalin that southern states would be at a loss, in a harsh way. For any new thing to come up there should be some SOPs set. Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were the most successful states in terms of population control. No government in the Centre, today it is ours, but no government would want to lose these states. Definitely nothing would be in a negative way for us southern states,” she said.
Tirunagari added that the TDP had raised concerns during the deliberations of the Wakf Amendment Bill in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) and if there are any concerns relating to delimitation, the party will take that up too.
“If concerns are raised we will take it into consideration but we have to wait for it,” she said.
https://thewire.in/politics/as-stalin-siddaramaiah-push-back-on-shahs-delimitation-assurance-tdp-slams-fear-mongering