Amid concerns in the southern part of the country that the delimitation exercise would reduce their political standing due to a better performance in population control, technology investor Mohandas Pai said people from the region should accept reality.
“It is a time bomb and we have to accept it in the South. I don’t think it will change the political structure much because each state gets 50 percent more seats. There may be a marginal change in percentage. That is much better than giving it by population,” the former Infosys CFO said in an interview with news agency PTI.
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According to a government gazette, the Lok Sabha seats will be increased to 850 from the current 543 to “operationalise” the women’s reservation law ahead of the 2029 parliamentary elections, following a delimitation exercise to be conducted on the basis of the latest published census.
A three-day special session of Parliament began on Thursday to consider a legislative package, including the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, to implement the Women’s Reservation Act from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
There has been growing speculation among Southern lawmakers that the delimitation exercise would reduce their political influence.
The mayor of the capital Aarin went on to ask what the alternative is.
“The Constitution clearly states that there should be a commission for delimitation based on the census. The population of the South has declined where the population of the North has increased. If we go by the numbers, the South will get less. This is a compromise and a good compromise,” he added.
