A.P. Speaker Ayyanna Patrudu seeks 33% reservation in legislatures for youth under 40

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu connected Thursday (April 9, 2026) called for 33% preservation successful legislatures for those beneath 40 years of age, saying it was needed if India was to go a developed state by 2047.

Speaking astatine the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) West Zone gathering successful Goa, Mr. Patrudu said the spread betwixt the mean property of citizens and their elected representatives was widening. India’s mean property is astir 32, but the mean property of members successful the 18th Lok Sabha is 56 and astir 53 successful the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. ‘There is astir a 20-year gap, which we indispensable bespeak upon,’ helium said.