Overview
- Parliament, which meets in a special three‑day sitting from Thursday, will take up a Constitution amendment and a Delimitation Bill the government circulated to MPs on Tuesday to fast‑track the women’s reservation law before 2029.
- Draft texts reported by multiple outlets propose a large expansion of the Lok Sabha to roughly 816–850 seats and define population as the census figures that Parliament may choose by law, a shift critics say lets a simple majority pick which data to use.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin threatened statewide protests over any loss of influence for southern states, while Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged an all‑party meeting and pressed to implement the 33% quota within the current 543 seats or via a hybrid seat‑allocation model.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the provisions protect every state and urged critics not to be misled, as BJP ally TDP signaled support for a uniform 50% seat increase and sources indicated the Delimitation Bill could be sent to a Joint Committee for review.
- Delimitation has been frozen since seat shares were locked to the 1971 Census, so a fresh, population‑based redraw could boost representation for states with faster growth and reduce the southern share, which is why the choice between 2011 data and forthcoming 2027 figures has become a flashpoint.