Parliament updates: Opposition will defeat amendment bill for delimitation, says Rahul Gandhi
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the Opposition parties will defeat the bills on delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies in Parliament.
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His statement during a debate in the Lower House came soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the Opposition to vote in favour of bills that propose to amend the 2023 Women’s Reservation Act and redraw the boundaries of electoral constituencies.
The Union government introduced the bills on Thursday when a special three-day session of Parliament began.
The 2026 Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, one of three draft legislations, requires a two-thirds majority of votes in Parliament to pass. The ruling National Democratic Alliance does not have a two-thirds majority of MPs present in any House. It requires the support of Opposition parties to pass the amendment.
Here are more top updates from the special session of Parliament:
- PM Modi’s appeal for consensus: Hours before the bills were expected to be taken up for voting in the Lower House of Parliament, Modi said on social media that the government addressed all apprehensions and “misconceptions relating to the legislation with facts and logic”.
- “I urge and appeal to all political parties to reflect carefully and take a sensitive decision by voting in favour of women’s reservation,” the prime minister said on social media. “On behalf of our Nari...