New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The introduction of three key bills in the special sitting of Parliament – Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, Delimitation Bill 2026 and Union Territories (Amendment) Bill could have set in motion – one of India’s most consequential electoral reforms since Independence but the amendment failed to fetch two-thirds majority and eventually fell through in the House, stalling all three of them in one stroke. The Women’s Reservation Bill, which could have becom…
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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Seventh Session of the 18th Lok Sabha, which commenced on January 28, concluded on Saturday, recording a productivity of 93 per cent and passage of nine government bills. The Speaker informed the House that 31 sittings were held during the Session, which lasted for around 151 hours and 42 minutes.Talking about the amendment bill on women’s quota, the Speaker said that the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) B…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged that the government’s true intent is to alter the constitutional framework and concentrate executive power in its hands. He stated that the Congress in 2023, supported the Women’s Reservation Bill and ensured its passage but now the Centre is linking the Bill with delimitation, which was unacceptable to the Opposition. Mallikarjun Kharge took to social media ‘X’ and said, “The Congress Party has always been in…
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA and former Odisha minister Arun Sahoo on Saturday lashed out at the Centre over the handling of the Women’s Reservation Bill, describing the legislative proceedings as a “political drama” designed to blame the Opposition and mislead the people.Speaking to IANS, Sahoo alleged that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government moved the bill despite knowing they lacked the necessary numbers in the Lok Sabha.”This is an orchestra…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Following the fall of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which did not secure the necessary two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, floor leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) met for a crucial meeting in Parliament on Friday. It was decided in the meeting that the constituents will raise the issue of the Opposition’s resistance to women’s empowerment, said sources.The message will be delivered to people across the country through protests,…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday credited the Opposition INDIA bloc’s unity for the defeat of the Amendment Bill related to the women’s reservation in Lok Sabha. “The Amendment Bill has fallen. They used an unconstitutional trick in the name of women to break the Constitution. India has seen it. INDIA has stopped it. Hail the Constitution,” he said on social media platform X.Earlier, LoP Gandhi’s ‘magician’ barb, purportedly aimed at the P…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Neeraj Shekhar, son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, on Friday expressed gratitude to people across the country for remembering his father on his 100th birth anniversary. Speaking to reporters, Neeraj Shekhar said, “Our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have great respect for my father. I am grateful to everyone who remembered him today. They consider him a true ‘Jan Nayak’. I would also urge the you…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Former IPS officer and ex-Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, on Friday said that if Parliament fails to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill, women voters may decisively support those who commit to ensuring one-third representation in the 2029 Parliament and State Assemblies. She emphasised that women are now demanding a genuine role in governance and policymaking. Taking to social media platform X, Bedi wrote, “If Parliament misses passing the #WomensQuot…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday clarified that the representation of the states in the southern part of India would not diminish after the delimitation exercise, rather their strength will increase in the Lok Sabha. He also underlined that the Cabinet has decided to include caste count in the census. In a response to the Opposition’s allegations that delimitation will be harmful for states like Tamil Nadu and Telangana, Union Minister Shah gave a state by sta…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the Women Reservation Bill will help change the “disha and dasha” (direction and condition) of the country’s politics by involving half of the population of the nation in decision-making.Outlining the benefits of women’s reservation in achieving Viksit Bharat @2047, PM Modi said all those who have opposed this provision have been taught a lesson by women voters.“We are privileged that we have an opportunity to …