New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Former Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a sharp counteroffensive to Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks during the ongoing special session of the Parliament, where the Women’s Reservation Act and the Delimitation Bill are being debated.Akhilesh Yadav, while supporting the principle of one-third reservation for women, took a swipe at the BJP’s internal dynamics.He remarked that reserving sea…
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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) Congress MP K.C. Venugopal on Thursday opposed the government’s move to take up the Delimitation Bill alongside the Constitution Amendment Bill for discussion and passage in the Lok Sabha, arguing that combining the legislations was not an appropriate parliamentary practice.Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal rose in the House to table the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill 2026, marking a key step in the legislat…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday appealed to the Opposition not to spread rumours regarding the delimitation bill, stating that a wrong message is being spread and urged them not to do that. This comes as a special session of Parliament has been convened to discuss amendments related to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. A three-day special sitting of the extended Budget Session is set to begin later in the day, with discussions centred on p…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Opposition protests over the three-day special session of Parliament beginning Thursday are centred less on the women’s reservation quota and more on the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill, 2026, which seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data.Several stakeholders, particularly from southern states, fear that the proposal could favour more populous northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, potenti…
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, expressing serious concerns over the proposed Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 202, also known as the Delimitation Bill, which seeks to alter the composition of the House of the People (Lok Sabha), claiming that, if passed, it would reduce the political representation of the state. In a letter to the Chief …
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government, alleging that the 2011 census is being used to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill, rather than the current caste-based census that is being conducted in the country.”What the government is proposing now has nothing to do with women’s reservation. This amendment is an attempted power grab using delimitation and gerrymandering”, Gandhi …
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K. C. Venugopal, on Wednesday raised concerns over the latest version of the proposed delimitation Bill, alleging that the Centre has altered its earlier position and introduced ambiguity regarding representation and census-based allocation. “Southern states have clear and genuine concerns… not only that, but more states are having concerns. You see the latest Bill, which they (the Centre) circulated. Earlier, they said that …
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) BJP leader K. Annamalai on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin over his remarks on the proposed delimitation process, calling his “warning” to the Centre “uncalled for” and alleging that it was aimed at creating “fear” among the public.Annamalai said the Modi government is committed to taking all stakeholders along on the issue and dismissed Stalin’s concerns as an attempt to generate unnecessary apprehension among people in the st…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday criticised the BJP for proposing to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal and claimed that through this the saffron camp wants to snatch away the rights of the people.Addressing an election rally in Keshiary of West Midnapore district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed, “Do you know the meaning of UCC? You will not have any rights. You will not have the right to practice your religion…