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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Thursday "gave guarantee" that nary injustice volition beryllium done to immoderate authorities portion allyaing delimitation fearfulness that bluish states whitethorn summation astatine the disbursal of the southbound Indian states.Speaking successful Lok Sabha, during the The Delimitation Bill, 2026, on with the women quota bill, the Prime Minister said: "I springiness warrant nary injustice volition beryllium done to immoderate state- from East to West, North to South."The Congress connected Thursday alleged that the authorities wants to "bulldoze" delimitation successful the sanction of women's reservation, and asserted that if it is truly committed to implementing the women's quota instrumentality it should bash truthful instantly connected the ground of the existent spot of Lok Sabha. The absorption enactment besides alleged that the BJP was utilizing delimitation arsenic a "political weapon" to summation its influence. Initiating the treatment connected the 3 bills moved to amend the women's quota instrumentality and acceptable up a delimitation commission, Gaurav Gogoi said the bills are "anti-women, anti-caste census, anti-Constitution and anti-federal operation of the country".Opposition leaders crossed states flagged concerns implicit the projected Delimitation Bill, informing it could weaken national equilibrium and trim practice of respective states.
BJD main Naveen Patnaik, successful a missive to Odisha CM Mohan Majhi, said the Bill, which seeks to rise Lok Sabha spot from 543 to 850, whitethorn summation Odisha’s MPs to 29 but trim its share, calling it a “grave injustice”. In Andhra, Congress’ Y S Sharmila urged CM Naidu to reason the move, saying it could fortify bluish dominance and wounded Andhr Pradesh’s fiscal prospects. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan termed the workout a menace to equitable representation, cautioning that population-based delimitation whitethorn penalise states that controlled colonisation growth.Vijayan besides flagged the deficiency of consultation and said the govt’s determination could undermine cooperative federalism, portion backing women’s preservation but opposing its linkage with delimitation.While it has been criticised, the alteration creates country for the authorities not to usage the 2011 Census for Lok Sabha delimitation. It addresses the fearfulness of confederate states that a delimitation workout based connected the latest Census volition trim their stock of Lok Sabha seats, portion leaving bluish states aggrieved, arsenic their stock of Lok Sabha seats has remained frozen contempt colonisation growth. For instance, Vidhi’s calculations showed that, based connected the 2026 population, Tamil Nadu volition person 31 Lok Sabha seats and Uttar Pradesh 90. More populous bluish states person crushed to kick due to the fact that their practice is sought to beryllium kept frozen. In immoderate case, a Uttar Pradesh lawmaker has much voters to correspond than his counterpart from Tamil Nadu oregon Kerala.
