Chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Telangana have rejected the government's move to table three bills to provide 33% reservation to women in Parliament and state legislatures, raise the cap of seats in the Lok Sabha to 850, and set up a delimitation commission.
The Congress and other opposition parties have raised several key questions about the proposal, including its timing and intent.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin threatened massive agitations if anything was done harming the state or if the political power of northern states was disproportionately increased in delimitation.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has issued a formal appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and fellow Southern CMs to reject a purely population-based expansion of Lok Sabha seats.
Reddy proposed a 'hybrid model' for increasing Lok Sabha seats, under which 50% of the additional seats are allocated on a pro rata basis and the remaining 50% based on Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and other performance criteria.
