Bill was defeated in April as it fell short of the two-thirds majority required for its passage
The vote against Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill has placed southern States at a disadvantage — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stand to lose representation after the next Census, Telugu Desam Party’s newly appointed working president says, blaming politics, not policy for the Bill’s failure; he addresses concerns over upcoming resource-intensive data centres and explains why his government is incentivising larger families