Women’s Reservation Bill: Amit Shah said on the allegations of the opposition – Delimitation will increase the strength of southern states, misconception should not be spread

New Delhi. Amid the ongoing debate on women’s reservation and delimitation in the special session of Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday gave a detailed reply to the allegations of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. During this, he made it clear that after delimitation, the political strength of the states of South India will not decrease, but will become stronger. Also advised the opposition not to spread misconceptions.

Addressing members in Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the present 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, which currently give 4.60 per cent representation, will increase to 38 seats and their share will reach 4.65 per cent. Similarly, 17 seats in Telangana, whose current strength is 3.13 percent, will increase to 26 and will be 3.18 percent.

Kerala’s 20 seats, which currently represent 3.68 per cent, will increase to 30 and will remain at around 3.67 per cent, while Karnataka’s 28 seats will increase from 5.15 per cent to 42 seats and will remain at around 5.14 per cent. Regarding Tamil Nadu, Amit Shah said that the 39 seats there, whose current strength is 7.18 percent, will increase to 59 and their share will reach 7.23 percent, due to which the state will not suffer any loss.

He said that the narrative being spread about South India is completely misleading, because currently in the 543-member Lok Sabha, there are 129 MPs from the South, who hold 23.76 percent stake, whereas after delimitation, this number will increase to 195 and the stake will reach 23.87 percent, which means that the power of the South will clearly increase.

The Home Minister also said in his statement that the Modi Cabinet has decided to conduct caste census and the census process currently going on is being done on this basis, hence there is no need to spread any kind of confusion on this issue. He also clarified that the law related to Delimitation Commission remains the same as before and no changes have been made in it. He further said that this process will not have any impact on the ongoing elections.