Southern India is legitimately getting concerned about the impending delimitation exercise, on the basis of which the 19th Lok Sabha will likely be elected, at some point around 2029. Before we look at what the Tamil Nadu and Telangana chief ministers have said recently, let’s take a look at the timeline of the delimitation exercise and the possible numbers it will throw up. It’s almost certain that delimitation is going to be based on the demographics revealed by the next census. Unfortunately, of course, the current regime has deferred the decadal exercise inordinately and egregiously because it always fears clear numbers, which make it more difficult to muddy the waters........

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