Chennai, April 15 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday criticised the delimitation bill pushed with an amendment to Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, to provide 33 per cent reservation for women legislators in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Taking shots at the Centre, Brinda Karat said the delimitation bill is "a platform to gerrymander constituencies" for the government's interests, emphasising the disadvantages its possess on the representation of the southern states.

Karat urged the Centre to delink the delimitation process, which aims to increase Lok Sabha seats to 850 from 543, from the women's reservation bill.

"We cannot support the proposals which are being brought by the government in the n...