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Aarish • ਆਰਿਸ਼

@aarishc

Journalist (aka 'content resource'), New Delhi • Author of 'The Big Small Town' (link in bio, buy pls)

Noida/Delhi/Chandigarh Katılım Şubat 2009
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YSRCP of Jagan Mohan Reddy from Andhra says have asked for details of delimitation in writing; and if there is 50% flat increase then we will support the bill, otherwise we won’t. But what does in writing mean? It could simply be written in the bill. What value does any other writing have? None.
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The TN minister is right to be outraged. It's wild how opaque and potentially dangeorus the central govt move is. Where do the bills say states' proportionate share in Lok Sabha will stay the same? Where is the legal basis of it? Nowhere. The govt is running this claim while planning something entirely different. Even if they decide to not disturb states' share for now, the bills make it possible to do it later, anytime based on any census.
Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR)@ptrmadurai

There was an India before this Bill. The India that comes after this Bill strikes at the very fabric of our Constitution and the intent of its makers. Today, the government is asking us to hand over a blank cheque. This Bill contains no clear mention of limits such as a 50% increase, no clarity on the basis of delimitation, and no transparent safeguards to prevent arbitrary action. It leaves open the possibility of an unfair, unjust delimitation process and places enormous power in the hands of a committee that will be appointed by the executive itself. How can this be called fair in a functioning democracy? How are we expected to trust a government that, over the past 12 years, has repeatedly pushed through draconian laws without meaningful consultation or consensus in Parliament? Laws that reshape institutions, alter balances of power, and weaken the spirit of federalism! As Chief Minister Thiru @mkstalin has rightly said, this is a fight we are prepared to take to the streets and to the people of Tamil Nadu. Because when faith in the parliamentary process is eroded, the responsibility to defend constitutional values must return to the people themselves. #Delimitation #TNWillFightTNWillWin

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The Hindu-Muslim angle of the delimitation plan is here.
Rakesh Krishnan Simha@ByRakeshSimha

Delimitation of the Lok Sabha from 543 to 850 seats will restore "One Person, One Vote." The voice of Bharat’s civilizational backbone will finally match its numbers. 1. The Centre has introduced a Bill proposing a significant increase in the strength of the Lok Sabha from 543 to 850 members, alongside key changes to delimitation rules. This will have a huge impact on Hindus, giving them true representation for the first time in a thousand years. 2. Delimitation is the constitutional process of redrawing Lok Sabha constituency boundaries and reallocating seats among states based on the latest population census. It ensures every citizen’s vote carries roughly equal weight. 3. The Lok Sabha is currently frozen at 543 seats based on the 1971 census. This has created massive malapportionment - the creation of electoral districts with significantly different population sizes, violating the "one person, one vote" principle by making some votes worth more than others. 4. Today, one MP in Uttar Pradesh represents 30-35 lakh people, while one in Tamil Nadu represents far fewer. The northern voices are diluted while southern ones amplified beyond their population share. 5. A new Delimitation Commission is expected by June 2026. Plans are to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data on a pro-rata basis. No state will lose seats. Examples: 📌Uttar Pradesh: 80 to 120 📌Tamil Nadu: 39 to 59 📌Bihar: 40 to 60 📌Kerala: 20 to 30 This keeps relative shares intact but corrects absolute under-representation. 6. Pure population-based delimitation (without expansion) would have seen southern states lose 24 seats while northern states gain 43. The expansion avoids punishing the south for demographic responsibility while finally giving the north its due. 7. India’s Constitution (Articles 81 & 82) requires seats proportional to population. The 1971 freeze violated this for 55 years. Delimitation ends the democratic distortion where a voter in a low-growth state had more influence than one in a high-growth state. 8. Now, here's the key thing — India's civilizationally rooted Hindus form the overwhelming majority in every major northern state (UP 80%, Bihar 83%, MP 90%, Rajasthan 89%). These are also the high population growth states that have been most underrepresented for decades. The freeze hurt Hindus numerically far more than any other group. 9. Demographic reality: Hindus outnumber Muslims 5.5:1 nationally. Even with slightly higher Muslim fertility in some pockets, the absolute numbers mean far more Hindus live in the malapportioned northern states. 10. The current system has quietly diluted the Hindu majority’s democratic weight. Correcting under-representation therefore gives proportional voice to tens of millions more Hindus than any other community. 11. All southern states, except Kerala, are also Hindu-majority (TN 88%, Karnataka 84%). But their success in population control already gave them extra relative power. Delimitation doesn’t take away from them — it simply stops over-representing them at the expense of the larger Hindu population elsewhere. 12. Long-term benefits for Hindus: 📌Stronger push for uniform civil code, temple reforms, and cultural policies that reflect India’s civilizational core. 📌Reduced incentive for vote-bank politics that ignores the majority. 📌Fairer fiscal and policy outcomes because representation matches actual demographic reality, not outdated 1971 numbers. 13. Delimitation is not “majoritarianism” — it is basic democratic justice after half a century of delay. 14. Delimitation is not anti-south or anti-anyone. It is pro-democracy and pro-fairness. For Hindus — the largest demographic group that has borne the brunt of under-representation — it is a historic correction.

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Laal Saalan
Laal Saalan@laalsaalan·
imagine if superheated steam at about 600°C rained on you while you were having lunch. this is what happened with workers of vendata's chattisgarh plant, leaving atleast 20 of them dead. and yet we don't see UCs outraging over this because they don't see those workers as human.
Laal Saalan@laalsaalan

has it always been the case that people in this country outrage more over burnt buses than burnt humans or is it an amritkal feature?

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Saral Patel
Saral Patel@SaralPatel·
Noida DM Megha Roopam is saying that if workers from outsourcing companies protest, then the licences of those companies will be suspended. How is this going to solve the problem of low wages for workers in Noida? This will only make these workers unemployed. From Gyanesh Kumar to his family members, all are incompetent?
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هارون خان
هارون خان@iamharunkhan·
Both women are from West Bengal. A Hindu Brahmin woman says: "I'm not in danger, and we are like sisters." A Muslim woman says: "If Hindus are in danger, then make a Muslim the Prime Minister.
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That judge will still hear his case, and pass an adverse order eventually. That's where we are at,when it comes to institutions.
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Un-bhadralok bangali
Un-bhadralok bangali@goonereol·
Since I am involved in Boiler Industry business everyone must know that once a year there is Annual Inspection & Certification of the Boiler by the Govt Inspector. Often the Big honchos to keep their production running skips that date and pays the bribe and delays Inspection.
NDTV@ndtv

10 Killed, 40 Injured As Boiler Explodes At Vedanta Power Plant in Chhattisgarh ndtv.com/india-news/9-k… @tmvraghav

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Karthik 🇮🇳
Karthik 🇮🇳@beastoftraal·
What a tangled web of contradictions!! 1. SC questions why the "logical discrepancy" list of doubtful voters exists only in West Bengal. Yet does nothing to fix it or protect the 34+ lakh affected voters. 2. Justice Bagchi says the right to vote must be continuous. Then rules: those with pending appeals cannot vote. Continuous? Really? 3. SC claims courts intervene only to promote elections, not block them. Orders: 34 lakh+ people with pending appeals blocked from voting. 4. Justice Bagchi: Court must ignore election pressure. Decision revolves entirely around April 9 deadline and "impending elections in Bengal". 5. SC admits voters are trapped between ECI & State. Solution? Leave them sandwiched and disenfranchised. 6. Bench creates special exception: favourable orders by April 9 = vote in elections. But normal rule: rolls freeze on April 9. Selective override, anyone? 7. CJI: If we allow pending appellants to vote, then stop included voters too. Ignores possibility that many of the 34 lakh deletions are wrong. High principles clash with the actual order that disenfranchises lakhs over technical appeals in one state only. Who benefits from these contradictions?
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P. Chidambaram
P. Chidambaram@PChidambaram_IN·
The apprehensions I had voiced in the last week have proved right When the strength of the Lok Sabha is increased by 50% from 543 to 815, the strength of TN will seemingly increase from 39 to 58. But this is an illusion. When delimitation takes place, it will reduce to 46 Uttar Pradesh's strength will first increase from 80 to 120 and, after delimitation, it will further increase to roughly 140 All the Southern States that have currently a representation of 24.3% will find their representation reduced to 20.7% This is a mischievous, diabolical move to radically alter the federal balance. This must be OPPOSED
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Dan Sheehan
Dan Sheehan@danpjsheehan·
There is no metric, no category of barbarism, by which Hamas could be considered more terroristic than the IDF. The atrocities committed by the IDF in JUST the month after Oct 7 dwarf those committed by Hamas in the entirety of its 40-year existence. There is no comparison.
Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts

Jon Favreau: "When you say Hamas is a thousand times better, do you mean that?" Hasan Piker: "I do mean it … I would vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.”

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Harjot Singh Bains
Harjot Singh Bains@harjotbains·
You cannot expect a fair fight when the prosecuting agency holds the professional strings of the judge's family. @ArvindKejriwal’s explosive new affidavit formally places a shocking truth on record: SG Tushar Mehta, who is aggressively arguing the CBI’s case against Arvind Kejriwal, is the very same official who allocates highly lucrative government briefs to Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s children. This is not just a conflict of interest; it is the complete dismantling of a level playing field. For the integrity of the judicial system, Justice Sharma must recuse herself without delay.
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