Indian Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has dismissed concerns that a proposed parliamentary delimitation (the redrawing of constituency boundaries) would disadvantage southern states, calling the fears a "silly concern" and accusing Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M.K. Stalin of spreading a false narrative. The government's plan involves expanding the Lok Sabha (India's lower house of parliament) from 543 to 816 seats, distributed among states in proportion to their existing share, with one-third reserved for women — a quota Goyal says will be in place by 2029. Opposition parties, particularly the Congress, have objected to the proposal, arguing that delimitation should be based on the ongoing census rather than 2011 population data.