'Proposed Delimitation is Motivated Gerrymandering, Threatens India’s Political Integrity': Manish Tewari
In sharp and focused criticism of the government’s proposed delimitation on the basis of the 2011 census, which was circulated on Tuesday, former Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has called it “motivated gerrymandering” and said that the “preponderance of possibility” is that it would threaten India’s political integrity. He said the proposed seat changes in the Lok Sabha are designed to ensure that the BJP’s political hold over the Hindi heartland brings it as close as possible to retaining power for the foreseeable future.
Tewari has done a back of the envelope calculation which shows that if the government’s amendments are passed the number of seats UP has in the Lok Sabha will increase from 80 to around 140 while, in comparison, the number of seats Kerala will only increase from 20 to around 2324. This means that the present 60 seat difference in the size of their respective representation in the Lok Sabha will jump to somewhere around 123-125.
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