Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- Delimitation, a process aimed at expanding the Indian Parliament and representatives of the public, is facing major pushback from the southern states of the country. Increasing public representation is facing strong opposition from southern Indian states. While southern CMs argue that it will reduce their parliamentary representation, the Central government has dismissed these concerns.

After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Union Home minister Amit Shah announced the Centre will take up two tasks - the national census and the delimitation exercise.

Shah, at a public meeting in Coimbatore on Wednesday, February 23, claimed that the delimitation exercise, scheduled next year, would not impact the political representati...