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Delimitation Bill: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge vowed to defeat the Delimitation Bill in the Lok Sabha. india news

"Will defeat the delimitation bill in Lok Sabha": Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge

“Will defeat delimitation bill in Lok Sabha”: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge (Photo credit: ANI)

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress President, Mallikarjun KhargeIndia Bloc MPs are opposing the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and the Delimitation Bill in the Lok Sabha and will “defeat” the proposed laws, said on Friday. Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Our people are fighting and will defeat it in the Lok Sabha.”The Lok Sabha is under discussion on the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026 as well as the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, to extend it to Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, and the Delimitation Bill, which aims to enlarge and redraw the Lok Sabha constituencies, thereby increasing them to 850 seats.Opposition parties have alleged that if the delimitation process is done on the basis of the 2011 census, the representation of the southern states in the Lok Sabha will reduce.

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Congress MP K Suresh described the delimitation bill as “dangerous”, alleging that it would “ruin” the opposition parties. He said, “We are not opposing the Women’s Reservation Bill. We are opposing the Delimitation Bill. This will be a dangerous bill and will completely devastate the opposition parties in the country.”CPI MP P Sandosh raised questions on the need to integrate delimitation, census and reservation for women MLAs and sought answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. P Sandosh told ANI, “The Women’s Reservation Bill is an act which was passed unanimously by the Parliament of India, we all cooperated with the government. Unfortunately, the government is trying to misuse the Women’s Reservation Bill to disrupt the federal structure of the country.” Why did you put delimitation, census and all those things together? this is the question. And the Prime Minister should answer this question.Meanwhile, JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha questioned the Bharat Bloc over its opposition to the bills, noting that all parties unanimously passed the Nari Shakti Vandan Act 2023.”PM Modi has clearly said in his speech that no change has been made in the delimitation. You passed it in 2023, so what is there to oppose in it? What kind of threat is this to democracy? They do not trust the women of this country,” the JDU MP said.The Congress had also issued a three-line whip to its MPs in the Lok Sabha to remain present in the House for the special sitting from April 16 to 18 and support the party’s stand.To pass the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Center will need a two-thirds majority of 362 seats in the Lok Sabha.

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