A special session has been called to reserve 33 percent seats for women in Parliament. Along with this, fresh delimitation also has to be done. After delimitation, the number of Lok Sabha seats will increase from 543 to 850. Now many leaders of South Indian states are opposing the formula of increasing the number of seats. Revanth Reddy running the government in Telangana, MK Stalin running the government in Tamil Nadu and many other leaders are against the delimitation formula. Thalapathy Vijay, who formed the newly formed party, has also opposed it. Southern leaders say that by increasing seats in this way, the southern states are weak and their financial strength will also decrease.
According to the new proposal, the number of Lok Sabha seats in states will increase to 815 and the number of Lok Sabha seats in Union Territories will increase to 35. In this, seats are to be increased by about one and a half times. The number of seats is expected to increase by one and a half times compared to the existing number of seats in every state. For example, there are currently 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and after delimitation this number can be increased to 120 or even more. Similarly, the number of seats will be increased in other states also. Now the southern states say that proportionally, the number of seats in North India will increase and the number of seats in South India will decrease.
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What is the government’s preparation?
The Constitution is to be amended to provide reservation to women in this special session of Parliament. This has been named the 131st amendment. Along with this, Delimitation Bill 2026 is also to be introduced through which the number of Lok Sabha seats will be increased to 850. According to the proposal, this system can be implemented only after the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, but it is being opposed at many levels. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had also written an article against it and called it against the Constitution.
Why are the southern states worried?
In this case, even though the number of seats is increasing in the same proportion in every state, the difference in numbers is increasing. An example is being given from the southern states. This is an example – currently there are 80 seats in UP and the number of seats in Tamil Nadu is 39. The difference is 41. Later, if the number of seats in UP is 120 and in Tamil Nadu is 59, then the difference between the two will be 61. The states of South India are raising questions regarding this difference. Not only this, these states also say that their budget allocation will also be in the same proportion which will prove to be less.
Let us tell you that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy are opposing it. At the same time, AIADMK, part of NDA in Tamil Nadu and Chandrababu Naidu, the ruling power in Andhra Pradesh, are in support of it.
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One argument given to the southern states is that they have implemented family planning measures well and their population has grown less. At the same time, the population of northern states has increased more. Regarding this, the southern states say that if seats are determined according to population, the northern states will benefit and the southern states will suffer.
Stalin threatening agitation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has called an emergency meeting of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MPs on Wednesday to discuss the possible impact on the state. Stalin had warned on Tuesday that if any step is taken to harm the interest of the state in the delimitation process or there is undue increase in the political power of the northern states, there will be massive agitation and full force protests in Tamil Nadu which may bring the state to a standstill. Stalin said that the country may once again see the DMK of the 1950s and 1960s. He pointedly pointed to the party’s early days in which it had led several movements against state rights and the alleged imposition of Hindi. DMK was founded in 1949 by C N Annadurai, a stalwart of Dravidian ideology.
On the other hand, after his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy wrote a letter on delimitation, Stalin on Tuesday messaged him, ‘Our unity is to protect the rights of our state and ensure a just and equal future for the coming generations. The South will stand united, speak with one voice and maintain the true spirit of federalism.
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Earlier, Revanth Reddy has written a letter to the Chief Ministers of the southern states and the Union Territory of Puducherry, proposing a ‘hybrid model’ under which 50 percent of the proposed additional seats will be allocated on a proportional basis and the remaining seats will be allocated on the basis of GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) and other criteria.
Vijay is also protesting
Thalapathy Vijay, who is contesting elections for the first time in Tamil Nadu, has also opposed the delimitation. Supporting women’s reservation, Vijay has said that delimitation will further increase the proportional inequality with the southern states. He has said that if this happens, then the representation of the southern states in language, culture, rights of the states and in the policy making of the Center will reduce and that of the northern states will increase. He says that passing this bill will be such that the states which have been supporting the announcements of the central government for many generations, will be punished and those which have been opposing will be rewarded.
Vijay has further said, ‘If this bill is passed then it will also have financial implications. Due to proportionate reduction in the number of Lok Sabha MPs, the money received by the state will also reduce. The state government of Tamil Nadu has already been accusing the central government of causing economic loss to it. In such a situation, I demand that these efforts be stopped and the old system be allowed to continue.
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