Modi is a ‘Misleader’ PM,engaged in ‘deliberate deceit’ on delimitation: Congress

The congress party has sharply criticised the PM Narendra Modi and his government over the proposed delimitation and women’s reservation bill.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has accused Modi of being a habitual liar who cannot speak the truth, even by mistake. He has engaged in deliberate deceit with the nation over the question of delimitation.

He alleged that the Bills that his Government has circulated for the special session of Parliament contradict all the so-called assurances that he has been giving.He said that the southern states will lose their strength in the Lok Sabha and so will smaller states in northwest India and states in the east.

He pointed out that  the PM’s assurances cannot be trusted. “He is unable to rise beyond his crude power-grabbing impulses and be a statesman - even on an issue as sensitive as delimitation”.

“The Bills were uploaded on Dr. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. The delimitation provisions are an insult to his legacy and a reflection of his warning - delivered in the Constituent Assembly on November25,1949,- about the dangers of a government that isn’t guided by constitutional morality”,Ramesh said.

The criticism comes amid escalating political tensions over the planned delimitation exercise, which is expected to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to around 850 in order to implement the women’s reservation law before the 2029 general election.