Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu confirmed the BJP-led NDA government will soon reintroduce the Delimitation Bill, including a 50% proportional increase in seats across states. Naidu stated the bill aims to address women's reservation and mitigate concerns from southern states regarding census-linked seat allocation.
The reintroduction of the Delimitation Bill could significantly alter the political landscape by redistributing parliamentary seats, potentially impacting the representation of various states and addressing the long-standing issue of women's reservation in politics.
The BJP-led NDA government plans to reintroduce the Delimitation Bill, which aims to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats and link delimitation to the 2011 Census. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu confirmed the bill will include a 50% proportional increase in seats across all states, a move intended to address concerns from southern states that they would be penalized for lower population growth due to family planning measures. Naidu stated that this inclusion, along with anticipated shifts in political support, will make it easier to pass the legislation. He drew parallels to a similar decision made by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2001, where seat numbers were frozen based on the 1971 Census to avoid penalizing southern states. The previous attempt to pass a similar bill in April failed due to the government not securing the required two-thirds majority.