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North vs South — a manufactured fault line

April 25, 2026 1:15 am

It has not reached a dangerous level yet. But that doesn’t call for complacent handling of the sentiment

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Express View on delimitation and Women’s Reservation Bill: Making history needs more than a tearing hurry

April 16, 2026 11:17 am

With a new Census underway, why must the new delimitation process — for an election in 2029 — follow a Census from 18 years before, disregarding changes that have come about due to population shifts or growth?

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Explained: How government's delimitation push will reshape states' representation in Lok Sabha

April 16, 2026 2:22 pm

MPs are gathering today to decide on Bills pertaining to delimitation. Their passage will pave the way for implementing women’s reservation.

Delimitation is about federalism vs franchise. Post-2014 politics is too broken to offer any answers

April 15, 2026 8:32 pm

An old constitutional tension has resurfaced in a new political context marked by central dominance and shrinking consensus

Centre, state, party: The many conundrums of federalism

March 15, 2025 6:44 pm

The question of the dominance of parties threatens to obscure issues of federalism, including on delimitation

Delimitation debate: Let the current distribution of Lok Sabha be cast in stone

March 11, 2025 12:13 pm

That would be the best way to honour the federal contract implicit in the foundation of the Indian Union

DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi speaks against the three-language policy and the Centre’s proposed delimitation in Tamil Nadu. (File Photo)

Kanimozhi: ‘Need clarity from Centre on how delimitation will take place ... put it on hold if you can’t think of a just way'

March 08, 2025 10:21 pm

“How do you trust a government that says we will not impose Hindi, when in their own Kendriya Vidyalayas in Tamil Nadu, Tamil is not taught,” DMK MP says amid row over three-language policy.

Don't make delimitation North vs South

March 10, 2025 1:12 pm

A solution needs to be found to the delimitation puzzle. The challenge is to forge a new path, through deliberation and dialogue, which ensures that no one loses and everyone wins.

Issues aside, why delimitation is needed

March 06, 2025 11:25 am

While it raises concerns about gerrymandering, exercise can help devolve power to the margins.

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UPSC Key: Good Governance, AI in judiciary, and Navratna status

March 06, 2025 10:18 am

How is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Judiciary relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as good governance, Navratna status to IRCTC and IRFC, and the delimitation of constituencies have on both the preliminary and main exams? You can learn more by reading the Indian Express UPSC Key for March 5, 2025.