Shimla, April 17 -- The Revenue Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jagat Singh Negi, on Friday raised concerns over what he described as the "weakening of democratic institutions," while also outlining the state government's efforts to tackle law and order issues and the growing drug menace.

Speaking to ANI in Shimla, Negi alleged that central agencies and constitutional bodies have been systematically undermined.

On the issue of women's reservation, he said, "The provision for a 33 per cent quota had already been passed earlier, but questioned delays in its implementation."

He also criticised the proposed use of outdated census data for future delimitation, arguing that it could disadvantage smaller states like Himachal Pradesh as well as ...