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Parliament Special Sitting LIVE: Bill to Implement Women's Reservation and Delimitation to Be Introduced in Lok Sabha Today
The government will seek faster enactment of the Women’s Reservation Act and delimitation changes, with an enabling bill for three Union Territories.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Parliament convened a special session to introduce the Constitution Bill, 2026, aimed at implementing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin protested the Delimitation Bill on Thursday, burning a copy and hoisting a black flag, alleging the legislation seeks to make Tamil people "refugees" in their own land.
- Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is slated to move a proposal suspending Rule 66 to pass both bills together, while the BJP issued a three-line whip mandating attendance for all MPs.
- The push for delimitation threatens to create a mammoth Parliament of over 800 seats in the Lok Sabha, which critics argue prioritizes political management over the deliberative friction of Western democratic models.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the session as a "historic step" towards women's empowerment, despite criticism that the ruling party's ideology of "one nation, one people, one culture" views diverse state identities as obstacles.
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Opposition says not opposed to women's reservation but to delimitation
Live Updates Live Delimitation is not a backdoor exercise: Tejasvi Surya 16 Apr 2026 · 13:36 IST “Delimitation is not a backdoor exercise. We are purely following what the Constitution mandates,” says BJP leader Tejasvi Surya, while responding to Gaurav Gogoi. Surya said that if Lok Sabha seats remain frozen and women’s reservation is implemented in the current structure, the principle under Arti…
Parliament special sitting LIVE: Bill to implement women's reservation and delimitation to be introduced in Lok Sabha today
The government has convened a three-day special session, beginning April 16, to amend the Constitution so that the women’s reservation law can be implemented in the 2029 Lok Sabha election after carrying out the delimitation exercise
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