'False narrative': What Amit Shah said on oppn's claims on women's quota, delimitation

NEW DELHI: Union location curate Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha connected Thursday that the 5 confederate states would unneurotic spot their practice successful the House emergence from 129 seats to 195 erstwhile the projected enlargement of the Lower House takes effect, dismissing claims that the Centre’s delimitation program would trim their governmental value arsenic “false narrative” meant to mislead people.Speaking during the statement connected the women’s reservation-related amendment bills and the projected delimitation framework, Shah said the full spot of the Lok Sabha would emergence to 816 seats, though the authorities mentions a ceiling of 850 due to the fact that that fig is rounded. He explained that 816 reflects a precise 50 per cent summation implicit the existent 543 elected seats.

Breaking down the confederate states’ revised numbers, Shah said: "Lok Sabha seats successful Karnataka volition summation to 42 from the contiguous 28; successful Andhra Pradesh, the fig of Lok Sabha sets volition summation to 38 from 25; successful Telangana, it volition beryllium 26 from contiguous 17; successful Tamil Nadu, the fig of Lok Sabha seats volition spell up to 59 from the contiguous 39; and successful Kerala, it volition beryllium 30 seats from the contiguous 20," helium said.He added that the confederate states’ combined stock successful the Lok Sabha would borderline up slightly, from 23.76 per cent astatine contiguous to 23.87 per cent, adjacent to 24 per cent overall.Rejecting absorption allegations that the authorities could manipulate the delimitation exercise, Shah said the existent measure mirrors earlier ineligible provisions introduced nether erstwhile governments. "The delimitation measure is precisely similar the erstwhile instrumentality brought by your government.

There is nary change, not adjacent a comma oregon a afloat stop," helium said.On the women’s preservation measure, Shah clarified that the quota would not instrumentality effect instantly and would use lone from the 2029 wide predetermination onward. Until then, helium said, each election, including the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, would proceed nether the existing electoral structure.Addressing Samajwadi Party main Akhilesh Yadav directly, Shah remarked: "Akhilesh ji, you don't request to interest adjacent though you are not going to triumph the elections successful Uttar Pradesh," helium said.He besides dismissed suggestions that the timing of the women’s preservation measure was linked to the upcoming West Bengal elections.On caste enumeration, Shah said the authorities had already approved a caste census and it would beryllium conducted alongside the colonisation census process. Referring to disapproval from the Samajwadi Party, helium said: "Right now, the counting of households is underway and the households bash not person immoderate caste.

If the Samajwadi Party had its way, it would find the caste of households arsenic well," helium said.The Lok Sabha is presently considering the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill, 2026. Under the projected framework, the expanded 816-member Lok Sabha would see 272 seats reserved for women, amounting to one-third of the House.