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The Narendra Modi authorities connected Monday (March 23, 2026) indicated that it volition bring amendments to the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 to guarantee its implementation for the 2029 Lok Sabha election, on with an summation successful the fig of Parliamentary seats for women.
The amendment Bill, to reserve one-third of seats successful the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women, volition question to supply the preservation connected the ground of the 2011 Census. Government managers, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, met with leaders of respective Opposition parties connected Monday (March 23, 2026), including the Nationalist Congress Party (SP)’s Supriya Sule, YSR Congress Party’s P.V. Midhun Reddy, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s Asaduddin Reddy and the Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Arvind Sawant, among others. The Trinamool Congress and Left parties skipped the meeting. The authorities managers had consulted the Congress and Samajwadi Party earlier.
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Following the latest development, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha, had a closed-door gathering with enactment colleagues Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra connected Monday (March 23, 2026) morning. He is apt to person a gathering of level leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) morning.
Sources successful the authorities said lone past volition the amendments to the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 oregon the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 beryllium introduced for passage, either successful the ongoing Budget Session itself, oregon successful a Special Session to beryllium called.
“The amendments volition necessitate two-thirds bulk of some Houses which is wherefore extended consultations are being held with the Opposition. Under the amendments that the authorities wants to bring in, the ground for the enactment of seats volition beryllium the Census information of 2011. The fig of seats successful Parliament volition summation to 816, retired of which 273 volition beryllium reserved for women,” said a authorities source.
These sources said efforts volition beryllium made either to walk the Bill successful the existent Session of Parliament oregon to convene a Special Session arsenic respective leaders volition beryllium travelling due to the fact that of the upcoming Assembly elections successful Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry.
The Act primitively passed successful September 2023 envisaged the behaviour of the Decadal Census, followed by delimitation of seats. The 2021 Census, which got delayed due to the fact that of COVID, is opening adjacent month. However, by bringing successful caller amendments, the authorities is present seeking to bring guardant the implementation of the Act.
Later successful the time Union Minister Amit Shah besides held a gathering with NDA level leaders implicit the amendments. Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Lalan Singh of the Janata Dal (U), Anupriya Patel of the Apna Dal and MPs Upendra Kushwaha, Shrikant Shinde, Milind Deora, M. Thambi Durai, Praful Patel, Rajkumar Sangwan, on with respective different NDA MPs, were contiguous astatine the meeting.
