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Modi’s changes to electoral map ‘could decide who controls India for decades’

The Modi government seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to as many as 850 seats under a new delimitation bill.
The bill ties the delimitation exercise to implementing the 2023 women’s reservation law, prompting accusations of timing manipulation.
Opposition leaders label the move a power grab that could alter India’s federal balance of power.
Southern states fear representation will shrink if seats are allocated strictly by population growth.
The Delimitation Commission would wield sweeping powers to redraw boundaries, raising transparency and oversight concerns.
Protests erupted in Tamil Nadu as activists burned copies of the bill and voiced opposition.
Analysts note the bill could be timed to electoral considerations ahead of 2029, not just policy needs.
Critics question the reliance on 2011 census data, given delays in the decadal census.
Supporters argue that increasing the seat pool prevents any one state from losing representation.
Critics say linking the quota to delimitation creates a political incentive to push the reform ahead of the election.

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