Delaying the Census promotes politicization of the delimitation problem

• Held in Chennai on March 22, urging against delimitation based solely on population figures.

• Main demand: extend freeze on 1971 Census parliamentary constituencies for 25 years.

• Stressed on not penalizing states with successful family planning with reduced parliamentary representation.

• Participation from outside the South, including Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Odisha’s former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

• Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s working president proposed considering a State’s fiscal contribution in delimitation process.

• Urged Union government to initiate nationwide consultations before initiating the Delimitation Commission.