New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday warned in the Lok Sabha that the proposed delimitation exercise could amount to “political demonetisation,” cautioning against linking it with women’s reservation and calling it a matter affecting the “very soul of our democracy.”Addressing the House, Tharoor said, “This is a matter of the very soul of our democracy.”“For decades, women’s reservation has long been promised, discussed, and partially delayed. Today, we s…
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Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was already passed by the Parliament in 2023, should be implemented immediately, while suggesting that a temporary pause must be applied to the delimitation (reorganisation of electoral constituencies) issue.”This is an important matter for broader national unity. For us, this is not about any one party’s political future but about the future of the co…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a strong pitch for the inclusion of women in national policymaking and urged all political parties to pass the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament by consensus, while offering to “give credit” to them for the historic amendment.Speaking on the amendments to the women’s reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said the time has come to grant adequate representation to women at the national level, and those opposing …
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday initiated the debate from the Opposition’s side in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the women’s reservation and delimitation-related Bills, stating that while his party supports reservation for women, it strongly opposes linking the measure with delimitation.Gogoi said the issue of women’s reservation had already been raised earlier by Home Minister Amit Shah in 2023 and questioned the government’s narrative around the current…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress and CPI-M leaders on Thursday clarified that they are not opposed to the Women’s Reservation Bill, but criticised the Centre for delaying its implementation and linking it to delimitation and the census exercise. Opposition leaders argued that while the Bill was passed unanimously in Parliament in 2023 with support from all parties, the government has failed to operationalise it. They alleged that the Centre could have implemented 33 per cent reservation for…
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay on Wednesday voiced strong concerns over the Centre’s proposed Constitutional amendment aimed at restructuring parliamentary representation, warning that it could significantly disadvantage southern states, particularly Tamil Nadu. In a statement, Vijay referred to the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha from the current 543 members to 850, and is expected …
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu is set to witness widespread protests on Thursday after Chief Minister M. K. Stalin called for a statewide black flag demonstration against the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise and constitutional amendments.Urging people to express their dissent, Stalin appealed to citizens across the state to hoist black flags in their homes and public spaces. “Let black flags rise! Tamil Nadu will fight, and Tamil Nadu will win,” he declared in a strongly worded soc…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday intensified its attack on the Centre over the Women’s Reservation Bill and the proposed delimitation exercise, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being “anti-women” and acting without adequate consultation on key constitutional changes.Congress spokesperson Surendra Rajput criticised the government for delaying the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, stating, “The Bharatiya Janata Party’s anti-women face has been …
Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha on Wednesday warned of a movement on the scale of the Telangana agitation if the BJP-led Centre attempts to weaken the state’s democratic representation under the guise of delimitation.The former MP said that the South, which led the nation in economic growth and family planning for decades, should be rewarded and not punished.“The voice of the people of Telangana cannot be diluted under the guise of delimitation. Our positio…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) JD(U) MP, Sanjay Kumar Jha, on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on delimitation and the Women’s Reservation Bill, questioning why such measures were not implemented during the Congress-led UPA government.Speaking to IANS, Jha said, “If it was already planned earlier, then why wasn’t it implemented when they were in power? Who stopped them?”He further added that during the UPA regime, when the Bill came up, “Nitis…