Union Minister Sujana Chowdary the other day talking to media went on to say that the Union Home Ministry is currently working on the bill for delimitation in both the Telugu States and the bill will be put up in Parliament in this session itself.
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 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 a number of aspirants. Particularly the ruling parties will have huge demand for tickets in the next elections due to the defections.
