'Gift wrapped in barbed wire': Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s quota with Delimitation Bill
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor criticized the proposed delimitation exercise as "political demonetisation," arguing that linking women's reservation to constituency redrawing and census data unnecessarily complicates a widely supported reform.
He urged immediate implementation of women's reservation, warning that delimitation could disrupt federalism and political power balances.
Modi’s women’s quota bill fails
- India fails to pass Parliament expansion Bill linked to quotas for women The Straits Times —
- India fails to pass parliament expansion bill linked to quotas for women The Straits Times —
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- India Parliament blocks Modi’s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women ABC News —
- Bill to reserve seats for women lawmakers fails in India's lower house AP News —