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The Congress connected Friday (April 3, 2026) alleged that the government has called a "special session" for passing bills related to amending the women's quota instrumentality and delimitation to "grab governmental mileage" successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu polls, which is simply a "gross violation" of the exemplary codification of conduct.
Asserting that the government's propulsion for rushed delimitation workout would person "dangerous consequences", Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said "we bash not privation immoderate disturbance successful the contiguous differentials and comparative strength".
He said the authorities kept "sleeping" for 30 months aft the transition of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, and to instrumentality "double credit" successful the predetermination season.
He said determination has been nary authoritative connection oregon connection from the government's broadside connected delimitation.
"However, disconnected the record, we got to cognize that determination would beryllium a proportionate summation successful Lok Sabha seats," Mr. Ramesh said astatine a property league successful New Delhi.
He said the assertion is that it would beryllium proportional but the world is that smaller states and those successful the South, Northeast, and West would endure massively.
With the projected Bill, Uttar Pradesh's spot volition zoom to 120 portion Kerala volition crawl up to astatine champion 30, helium claimed.
"So what we person heard unofficially this would beryllium precise unsafe for galore states," helium said.
"The lone nonsubjective of this peculiar league is to drawback governmental mileage to power polls successful Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Could it not person been called aft 15 days?" Mr. Ramesh said.
Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi volition telephone a gathering of elder Congress MPs and past clasp a gathering with different absorption leaders earlier April 16 to strategise connected this.
“This Government functions connected "narrative management". They privation to telephone a "special session" arsenic they are losing the governmental and overseas argumentation narrative,” Mr. Ramesh said.
The Government should not beryllium successful a hurry and telephone an all-party gathering aft April 29, helium asserted.
His remarks travel aft it emerged that the Budget league of Parliament volition reconvene connected April 16 aft a little recess to walk bills to summation the fig of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816 truthful that the women's preservation instrumentality tin beryllium implemented astatine the earliest, successful what is expected to beryllium the latest flashpoint betwixt the authorities and the absorption amid the canvass season.
While the Government is keen connected passing the bills, including amending the women's preservation measure oregon Nari Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, the absorption has accused the Centre of trying to hurriedly determination for passing amendments to instrumentality governmental vantage successful the authorities elections.
The 2 Houses volition reconvene connected April 16, with sources saying the sitting volition apt beryllium for 3 days to instrumentality up the projected legislations.
"The authorities has stated that some the Houses volition conscionable connected April 16, 17 and 18 and determination volition beryllium a peculiar session. The archetypal happening is that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju connected March 16 wrote to Kharge that the authorities wants to person talks with the Congress for making amendments successful the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.Kharge ji responded saying that an all-party gathering beryllium called with each parties sitting unneurotic arsenic the authorities believes successful disagreement and rule," helium said.
On March 24, each Opposition parties wrote to Rijiju and said each enactment meetings volition beryllium called aft April 29 arsenic the exemplary codification of behaviour is successful spot and governmental parties are engaged with elections, helium said.
"After 2 days connected March 26, Mr. Rijiju wrote to Kharge ji that Congress should conscionable america and clasp talks connected the law amendment. Half an hr later, Kharge ji responded to Rijiju and reiterated the request for an each enactment gathering aft April 29," helium said, narrating the series of events.
The Government had made up its caput to telephone a "special session" successful aboriginal April earlier Kerala and Assam polls but arsenic this missive exchanges went connected for immoderate clip and their effort was thwarted, Ramesh said.
"Then they took a one-sided determination to telephone the league erstwhile campaigning would beryllium connected for polls successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and the MCC is successful place," helium said.
In each these letters, determination was speech lone of amendment to women's preservation measure but present it is wide that this peculiar league is besides astir delimitation, Mr. Ramesh said.
"There had been nary speech of delimitation. Rijiju ne'er said delimitation was besides connected the agenda. In these 3 days, the women's quota instrumentality would beryllium amended and determination would beryllium a constitution amendment related to delimitation," helium said.
When the women's quota was passed successful September 2023, the authorities said it would beryllium implemented aft Census and delimitation, helium recalled.
"Kharge ji had backmost past demanded that it should beryllium instantly implemented arsenic you don't request Census oregon delimitation but they said delimitation and census was necessary. They kept sleeping for 30 months," Mr. Ramesh said.
And abruptly the Government said the census results would travel till 2029, helium said, adding this is successful contradiction to what the Registrar General said recently.
The authorities has been holding back-channel talks with the Opposition to bring astatine slightest 2 bills to instrumentality the women's preservation instrumentality and delink delimitation from the Census to summation seats successful Lok Sabha from the contiguous 543 to 816.
The contented saw a warfare of words betwixt the treasury and absorption benches successful Rajya Sabha connected Thursday (April 2), with Leader of House J.P. Nadda stressing that the authorities has the close to determine connected the timing erstwhile a authorities has to beryllium brought in, portion Mr. Kharge accused the authorities of being a "bully", and claimed that the BJP was trying to gully governmental mileage retired of the contented of women's reservation.
There was nary authoritative connection connected the Opposition party's claims.
The sitting starting April 16 is portion of the 2nd fractional of the Budget session.
According to the authorities calendar, the House was scheduled to adjourn sine dice (for an indefinite period) connected April 2.
While elections successful Puducherry, Assam and Kerala are scheduled for April 9, polls successful West Bengal volition beryllium held successful 2 phases connected April 23 and April 29. In Tamil Nadu, polls volition beryllium held successful a azygous signifier connected April 23.
