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Speaking at the Rising Bharat Summit 2025, Shah said southern states will retain their Lok Sabha seats as per pro rata basis
Amit Shah at Rising Bharat Summit 2025. (Photo: News18)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured the people of southern states on delimitation and hit out at MK Stalin’s DMK for raising the issue only to hide corruption.
Speaking at the Rising Bharat Summit 2025, Shah said southern states will retain their Lok Sabha seats as per pro rata basis.
“Is there anything happening in Himachal Pradesh on delimitation or any other governments ruled by INDIA bloc. Has the government announced a delimitation commission or appointed a supreme judge for delimitation. In Tamil Nadu, they are raising the issue to hide their corruption. I assure people of South India that the BJP will not do injustice and their seats will remain as per pro rata basis… If they stop this noise, then they have to answer about corruption and dynasty politics. They don’t want the election on issues,” he said.
“Delimitation commission is formed on the basis of act.. The bill will be brought in Parliament and then it will be discussed. It might be sent to parliamentary committee. So, why the hullabaloo now?” he asked.
Shah further said that BJP-led alliance will claim victory in assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
Speaking on language row, the Home Minister said, “I am not a Hindi speaker. I am a Gujarati. The opposition claims that I speak about Hindi. But I propagate Indian languages. I believe we need to preserve all Indian languages if we want to connect with our roots and history. Before our government, Congress imposed Hindi and English on students of all languages. We ensured that government exams are taken in regional languages as well. Students are studying medical and engineering in their regional languages.”
