Shashi Tharoor on delimitation: Will turn out to be ‘political demonetisation’

Delimitation will turn out to be “political demonetisation”, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday (April 17, 2026) while slamming the government for linking women’s reservation with the expansion of Parliament.

Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three Bills introduced for amendments in the women’s quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Mr. Tharoor said linking women’s reservation with delimitation is to hold the aspirations of Indian women hostage to “one of the most contentious and complex” administrative exercises in the country’s history.