Delimitation: Congress says Centre’s conspiracy to weaken democracy defeated, victory for Opposition
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday accused the Union government of conspiring to weaken democracy and alter the federal structure of the country by attempting to bring in a bill to amend the 2023 Women’s Reservation Act and redraw the boundaries of electoral constituencies.
Speaking to reporters, the Wayanad MP added that the defeat of the 2026 Constitution 131st Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday was a victory for the Constitution as well as the unity of the Opposition.
Vadra demanded that the Union government implement the women’s quota using the current strength of the Lok Sabha.
“The women’s reservation bill, which was passed unanimously in 2023, should be implemented by the [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi government now, and women should be given their rights,” she said. “The entire Opposition is ready for women’s reservation.”
The Congress MP added that the draft legislations were not about women’s reservation in Parliament and state Assemblies.
“This was related to the delimitation,” she said. “The Modi government had to carry out the delimitation on this basis, in which it would not need to look at the data of the caste census and would have complete freedom to act arbitrarily.”
The Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, one of three draft legislations, required a two-thirds majority of votes in Parliament to...