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The Hindu · India · Modi's plan to nearly double the Lok Sabha is voted down
Frames the bills as reviving the long-deferred delimitation fight, foregrounding southern states' fear that a 2011-census reapportionment shifts seats and Lok Sabha weight north toward the Hindi belt.
“Southern states warn that delimitation on population would penalise them for having controlled their numbers.”