Hyderabad, March 24 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) welcomed the long-pending delimitation process but expressed serious concerns over the potential disadvantages to southern states if it is carried out purely on a population basis.

The delimitation involves redrawing Lok Sabha and state assembly constituencies across the country.

KTR stated that delimitation in Telangana should have been conducted in 2014 as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. "Even though it is delayed by over a decade, we welcome the initiation of the process now," he said.

However, he cautioned that if delimitation is based solely on current population figures, it would severely disadvantage southern states.

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