Hyderabad, April 14 -- Telangana Chief Minister (CM) A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, April 14, called for a "protracted struggle" against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government to seek more Lok Sabha seats for South India. The CM had a day earlier suggested that during the delimitation exercise, 50 per cent of seats could be allocated on the basis of population and the remaining 50 per cent based on each state's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).

The CM's comments were made while addressing the public on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. He was referring to the impending delimitation, wherein Lok Sabha seats are to be increased on the basis of population increase in the country. South Indian states have however been opposing...