MK Stalin: The chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Telangana have rejected the union government’s move to table 3 bills in the Indian Parliament.
The Union Government is planning to increase the count of Lok Sabha seats to 850 from 545, provide 33 percent reservation to female candidates in state legislatures and Parliament and set up a delimitation commission.
Congress and other opposition parties have raised a series of vital questions about the union government’s proposal, including its intent and timing.
TN Chief Minister MK Stalin Issues Warning
Stalin issued a stern warning to PM Modi against delimitation. The TN CM said the state government should not be pushed against delimitation with a special session of the Parliament. Stalin went on to comment that any move that is intended to harm the state of Tamil Nadu or disproportionately empower northern states at the cost of southern states would only trigger a massive statewide agitation with every member of the general public hitting the streets.
Opposition By Congress
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal accused the ruling NDA party of using women’s reservation bill as a mere political tool for securing a numerical benefit in the 2029 Lok Sabha Elections. Sibal went on to remark that the union government should have immediately linked the 33 percent proposed reservation for female candidates within the existing 543 seats instead of associating it with a contentious delimitation process.
Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge commented that the NDA government had called for a special session of the Parliament without first taking the opposition parties into complete confidence. Party general secretary KC Venugopal commented that the Bharatiya Janata Party is keen to bulldoze an unconstitutional, deeply flawed and anti-federal delimitation exercise.
Scheduled from April 16 to 18, the special session would see the ruling NDA party introducing a Constitutional Amendment Bill for implementing women’s reservation bill ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
