Hyderabad, April 16 -- Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis e Ittehad Ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, April 16, strongly opposed the introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, alleging that it undermines federalism and targets southern states through the proposed delimitation exercise.

Addressing the Lok Sabha, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief said that the Bill, introduced by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, violates the basic structure of the Constitution and goes beyond the stated objective of women's reservation.

"This is not about women's reservation. The main goal is to rule the South and to completely erase the representation of OBCs fro...