Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed doubts about Home Minister Amit Shah's assurance regarding delimitation of constituencies in the southern states. Siddaramaiah stated that Shah's promise to protect the interests of the southern states in the delimitation process is not credible. The issue arose during a meeting between Shah and southern state leaders to discuss the delimitation exercise

which aims to redraw the boundaries of parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on the 2011 Census data.