Central government under the pressure of ruling parties in both the Telugu States may take up the delimitation of Assembly constituencies very soon. Political circles say that the center is of the opinion that an amendment to the Constitution is not needed to do that because delimitation is part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act.
The issue may come for discussion in the coming Winter Session of Parliament. The Union Cabinet will discuss delimitation as per AP Reorganisation Act and direct the Election Commission of India to take necessary action. If necessary, the center is also planning to take up the amendment which may not be difficult to get passed.
The ruling parties in both the states are urging to increase them to nine which will take the MLA seats in AP to 225 (175 now) and in Telangana to 153 (119 now). Article 170 says that the Assembly seats across all the states in the country will not be touched until 2026 and that needs to be amended if necessary. AP Reorganization Act has the mention of increasing the MLA seats. Increasing the seats will help political parties to accommodate more number of aspirants. Particularly the ruling parties will have huge demand for tickets in the next elections.
