Chief minister Siddaramaiah has expressed concerns over the Centre's proposed delimitation exercise, warning that it risks skewing parliamentary representation in favour of northern states.
The remarks come amid a renewed debate over delimitation, the redrawing of parliamentary constituencies based on population, which is expected after the current freeze on Lok Sabha seat allocation ends following the next Census cycle.
Siddaramaiah stressed that the debate was not about increasing seats, but about how those increases are distributed, pointing to a clear imbalance in projected changes.
Uttar Pradesh could see its seats rise from 80 to 120, Maharashtra from 48 to 72, Bihar from 40 to 60, and other northern states register substantial gains, while southern states would see smaller increases.
Even with a proposed expansion of the Lok Sabha to 816 seats, he argued that the South's overall share would remain largely unchanged.
Siddaramaiah warned that disparities between states would widen further under the plan, calling the proposal a violation of federal principles.
