Karti P Chidambaram

Member of Parliament for Sivaganga | Member, All India Congress Committee| VP TN Tennis Asc | Don Bosco, University of Texas-Austin, University of Cambridge.

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Let us continue debating history noisily, while the present slips quietly away.

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The seat freeze is set to lapse on 1 January 2027 unless Parliament acts. The 84th Amendment (2001) already established precedent for extending the freeze without seat expansion, a census reset, or conditions on reservation.
Using either the 2011 census or the upcoming census would be unfair to southern states given success in population control. On the other hand a uniform 50% increase applied across all states would still leave the South disadvantaged relative to the North as the delta will get wider. Ultimately, a larger House dilutes the quality of parliamentary debate, as each MP would have proportionately less time to participate.
Finally, tying the 33% women's reservation to delimitation under Article 334A is not constitutional necessity. Extend the freeze on its own terms, as before, without making Southern states pay or women wait for what is their legitimate right. @PWilsonDMK

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#WATCH | Delhi | Congress MP Karti Chidambaram says, "There are two problems - One is that there have been consistent and systematic leaks in various exams. What happened in NEET was the last straw. The government is doing nothing systematic to correct the problem or fix accountability. The minister continues, the secretary continues, and the head of the NTA continues. Accountability has not been fixed. Neither have they taken us into confidence about what they have done to improve the examination system. People have lost trust in the examination system. Point two is that NEET itself is anti-federal. There is no reason for the central government to run an admission process for colleges which are funded and staffed by the state government. Those admissions would be done in a manner which the state government deems fit. There is no reason for the central government to interfere in those admissions. One is the abolition of NEET, and the second is the strengthening of the examination system and fixing accountability, but the government is refusing to fix accountability."

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12. Delhi Gate
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VIDEO | Delhi: Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) says, “It is disappointing that the Parliament is not functioning and the government should initiate discussion immediately. They must give us the space to raise issues which we think are important.”

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

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People have lost faith in the integrity of the examination system, says Congress MP Karti Chidambaram (@KartiPC) to NDTV's @aishvaryjain

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The world is watching!

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In India, tens of thousands of Gen Z protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Delhi, calling for the resignation of the country's education minister. Read more: https://t.co/p1xH4wPPQ0

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Unease in BJP, allies over crackdown on protesters as government signals outreach https://t.co/kI8I8F3KE4 via @IndianExpress Mature Governments will engage in conversation & dialogue. Insecure Governments will use the brute force available to it.

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VIDEO | Delhi: “They ran a 'military-style operation' to conduct NEET re-exam; minister's not responsible, NTA doesn't seem to be responsible, just saying we will take action, and not taking accountability is not acceptable”, says Congress MP Karti Chidambaram (@KartiPC) on PM stating strict action will be taken against accused of paper leak.

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTeOLF)

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Absolute numbers matter in a parliamentary democracy. In the UK, England which is the biggest “country” unlike Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland doesn’t have a “regional” parliament, hence a larger house. The British parliament meets throughout the year, unlike here where the number of sittings is greatly diminished over the last years. The delta between states matters.

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Absolute numbers matter in a parliamentary democracy. In the UK, England which is the biggest “country” unlike Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland doesn’t have a “regional” parliament, hence a larger house. The British parliament meets throughout the year, unlike here where the number of sittings is greatly diminished over the last years. The delta between states matters.

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@Selvakumar_IN In parliamentary democracy absolute numbers matter, not just percentages. Listen to the logic of my argument.

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#WATCH | Delhi | On DMK, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram says, "You have to ask the DMK for its reasons why they are doing a flip flop. In my opinion, they are being enticed with this One Nation One Election. They are in a little bit of urgency to have another election. But all I can tell you is if the DMK embarks on that path, their fate in the next elections will be worse than what they faced in this recent Assembly elections."

On DMK's stand on Delimitation Bill, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram says, "I don't know what the take of DMK is, you should ask them. They opposed the Bill the last time, I hope they will oppose the Bill this time too. On paper it looks like everybody is getting an equal percentage of increase, in Parliamentary democracy absolute numbers matter. At the moment, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have 40 seats. Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats. So, the delta between Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Uttar Pradesh is 40. But if you increase the seats by 50%, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will go up to 60 and Uttar Pradesh will go to 120. So, the delta will become 60. So, absolute numbers matter in politics. It is not just percentages because in order to catch up with the north of India, there will be a far greater number for the southern states to do. The southern states have reduced population and have contributed more to tax but their number of Parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha will be deminished. Further, with 543 members in the House, we hardly get any time to speak. With 815, we will get less time to speak. The Speaker doesn't know the names of all of us and he will hardly know the name of extra 300 people who will come. So, the House will just become a stamping House like China...A larger Parliament will be an ineffective Parliament..."