Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has responded to Congress's allegations of 'gerrymandering' related to the state's 2023 delimitation exercise. In a social media post, Sarma accused the Congress party of attempting to delegitimize the process, which he views as a necessary correction following decades of political neglect and demographic shifts. He emphasized that the delimitation is designed to reflect the aspirations of the people of Assam and to ensure that indigenous communities are not politically marginalized. Sarma criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claims that the BJP is manipulating constituency boundaries for electoral advantage, asserting that the real distortion occurred when Congress remained silent on demographic changes that favored their interests. He stated that the delimitation exercise is a stop-gap measure to prevent illegal migration from undermining Assamese representation. The debate over delimitation is particularly significant in Assam's Barak Valley region, where the reduction of assembly seats has sparked concern.