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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Topic: Delimitation

In 1st address on US trip, Rahul talks of new Parliament’s 888 seats, vows to release caste census

Rahul Gandhi is on a 6-day visit to the US, during which he will be spending time in Silicon Valley, Washington DC and New York meeting the Indian diaspora.

In 1st Assam delimitation since 1976, EC faces NRC challenge, claims of exercise being ‘politically motivated’

Another concern voiced by Opposition parties is that the exercise sees redrawing of Assembly & Lok Sabha constituencies using the 2001 and not the 2011 Census figures.

Delhi can beat Tokyo by 2030. But structural issues like CM-LG tussle won’t let it happen

Delhi's political leadership is not representative of urban voters. Priorities of the hinterland trump voices from metros.

SC order dismissing challenge to J&K delimitation — ‘presumption of constitutionality of laws’

Bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & A.S. Oka held Monday that there was nothing 'illegal' about delimitation exercise to redraw legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in J&K.

Row over EC’s Assam delimitation plan — ‘BJP trying to tinker with Muslim-majority seats’

EC has begun process of delimitation of assembly and LS constituencies in Assam on basis of 2001 Census. Previous exercise was undertaken in state in 1976 on basis of 1971 Census.

How census-based delimitation for Lok Sabha seats could shake up politics & disadvantage south

Last population-based delimitation was done in 1971 & there's a freeze until 1st census after 2026. As debate intensifies, a 2019 paper sheds light on what such an exercise could mean.

‘Bid to please Yogi?’ Oppn tears into proposal to change ‘Muslim’ names of wards in CM’s Gorakhpur

Around 50 wards, including 10 new ones, are to be named after Hindu gods, freedom fighters & other historic personalities. BJP says names kept 'keeping emotions of public' in mind.

India rejects Pak resolution on J&K delimitation exercise, calls it ‘farcical’

In a statement, the foreign ministry said Pakistan had no locus standi to comment on India and should instead get its own house in order.

Awareness of ‘consent’ improving? 82% women able to refuse sex to husbands, finds govt survey

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Delimitation shows India’s democracy continues to struggle in the face of Kashmir challenge

The Delimitation Commission’s mapping of electoral constituencies for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has reopened the communal wounds of the Dogra century.

On Camera

3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

India deploys 11 submarines, a first in nearly three decades 

This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.