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Move to reduce South representation in Parliament
The New Indian Express Mangaluru
|March 23, 2025
TERMING the Union government's delimitation move politically motivated to help the BJP, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has warned that the proposed delimitation could drastically reduce the representation of southern states in Parliament, punishing them for successfully implementing population control policies.
Speaking at the Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting in Chennai on Saturday, he said the delimitation process was a 'Sword of Damocles' hanging over states, which is being pushed forward without consultation. "The Union government's actions, from fiscal policies to language policies to cultural policies and now even the fixation of representation, are destabilising India's federal system and democratic framework. This cannot be allowed to pass," he said. Pinarayi stressed that federalism was n
This story is from the March 23, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Mangaluru.
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