Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has strongly criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that southern states will not lose any seat due to delimitation, calling the assurance "unreliable" and "misleading". Mr Shah's claim appears to either stem from a "lack of accurate information or, more worryingly, a deliberate attempt to undermine states like Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh," the Chief Minister said in a statement.