Telangana Jagruthi president Kavitha Kalvakuntla on Thursday said that delimitation should be linked with an OBC sub-quota instead of the Women's Reservation Bill so that OBC women can get their rightful share of representation.
She highlighted that the representation of Telangana is 3.13 per cent in the parliament, and the delimitation will further widen the gap. “The 3.13 per cent is Telangana's share in the parliament as of
date.
That should be treated as a baseline during the delimitation exercise.
he proportional representation of Telangana should only increase and not decrease in any case.”
“A blanket 50 per cent increase that is being proposed right now looks okay on the face of it, but when you look at the absolute numbers, the gap will increase. People of Telangana will hit the streets; our share of 3.13 per cent is diluted in any way,” she said.