Delimitation Heat: Has Population Control Become A Curse For The Southern States?

Hyderabad, March 1 (Maxim News): If delimitation is done on the basis of population, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will increase by three seats each. Telangana currently has 17 Lok Sabha seats, which will increase to 20, while AP currently has 25, which will increase to 28. The situation in Kerala is terrible. The state currently has 20 seats, which will decrease by one to 19.  

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Tamil Nadu will increase by two, from 39 seats to 41. Karnataka has 28 seats, but it will increase to 36.  There are opinions that Karnataka will gain the most in the South. In any case, only 15 seats will increase in the South.

The southern states are challenging the Centre, saying that population control is a curse for them. It is noteworthy that the RSS has also commented that population control has become a disadvantage for the respective states. The Sangh magazine organiser has also mentioned the concern of the West and the South that seats will be lost due to success in population control. Now, there is criticism that the BJP government at the Centre is using that population as a weapon and is making moves to carry out delimitation to perpetuate its power.  

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The Central government, which is already giving more funds to the northern states on the pretext of high population, is concerned that if the number of seats is increased by delimitation, the Centre will have no obstacles in diverting funds.

There is criticism that all development programs, including MPLADS funds, which are given based on constituencies, are going to the North and that the situation is changing to the point where the money goes to the South and the benefits go to the North.

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Lok Sabha Seats In States To Rise

At the same time, northern states like UP and Bihar will gain hugely. While UP currently has 80 Lok Sabha seats, they will increase to 128. There are possibilities of increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar from 40 seats to 70, in Madhya Pradesh from 29 to 47, in Maharashtra from 48 to 68, and in Rajasthan from 25 to 44.

In the past, whenever delimitation was done three times, the population representation in each constituency was increased. The last time it was done in 1971, one seat was determined for a population of 10.11 lakh. But that is not the case now. Since then, the population has reached more than 140 crores in 54 years. If a Delimitation Commission is formed in this context, it is interesting to see how much population the commission will take as the basis for each seat.

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If it is decided that there will be one seat for every 10.11 lakh population, as was done last time, the total number of seats is likely to reach 1,400. If that happens, there is talk that the number of seats in UP and Uttarakhand combined will increase to 250. Similarly, in Bihar and Jharkhand, it will increase to 82. On the same basis, Tamil Nadu will have 76 seats, Kerala will have 36 seats, and Telangana will have 20 more seats in addition to the current ones, taking the total to 37.

But in the current situation, there are arguments that it is not possible to consider the population basis of 10.11 lakh. Instead, if delimitation is done at the rate of one seat for every 20 lakh population, the number of seats across the country will reach 710. No matter how much of the population is taken as a basis, the number of seats will increase in the north due to the higher population there and in the south in a lower ratio.

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The southern CMs are urging the Center to increase the number of seats in their respective states by 50 percent, based on the current number of seats, so that justice is done to all states. (Maxim News) 

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