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The Congress connected Sunday (April 5, 2026) launched a scathing onslaught connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit the connection to summation Lok Sabha seats, saying helium is "bulldozing" the determination that volition enactment much to the payment of larger and populous States and is thing but a "Weapon of Mass Distraction (WMD)".
The absorption enactment besides alleged that the Prime Minister is "hoodwinking" the radical of the state and is making misleading statements that are meant to deceive.
In a station connected X, Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The PM is upto his accustomed tricks of making misleading statements that are meant to deceive. He says South Indian states volition not beryllium wounded successful immoderate mode if the spot of the Lok Sabha is accrued by 50% and the fig of seats of each authorities successful the Lok Sabha is besides accrued by 50%,." "This is hoodwinking the radical of the state successful which the PM has unsocial expertise," Mr. Ramesh said.
For example, the quality betwixt U.P.'s and Kerala's seats successful the Lok Sabha is present 60 and Mr. Modi's connection volition summation it to 90, helium said.
Similarly, the quality betwixt U.P. and Tamil Nadu volition summation from 41 to astatine slightest 61, Mr. Ramesh said and added that specified examples tin beryllium multiplied.
"Mr. Modi is bulldozing a connection that volition enactment much to the payment of larger and populous States since their already ample numbers volition get further magnified," the Congress person said.
It is not conscionable South India but states similar Punjab and Haryana and those successful the North East that volition besides spot their comparative power decline, helium argued.
"The federation is facing a superior economical and overseas argumentation crisis. All that the PM is bothered astir is pushing done an summation successful the spot of the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas without meaningful consultations and wide nationalist debate. This is thing but a Weapon of Mass Distraction (WMD)," Mr. Ramesh said.
His remarks travel a time aft Prime Minister Modi said that the Budget league of Parliament has been extended for 3 days truthful that the instrumentality enacted successful 2023 for providing 33% preservation to women successful the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies tin beryllium implemented from 2029.
On Thursday (April 2, 2026), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, portion speaking successful Rajya Sabha, had said the House volition conscionable again soon to see a cardinal legislation.
“We person definite bills and important issues, and we person shared this with the absorption also. We are going to person a precise important measure successful the adjacent two-three weeks,” helium said.
It aboriginal 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.
Addressing an NDA predetermination rally successful Kerala, Mr. Modi said the authorities volition ensure, during the April 16-18 Parliament sitting, a ineligible stamp that nary State, whether it is Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, oregon Telangana, volition spot a simplification successful Lok Sabha seats.
The Prime Minister said that the NDA authorities has fixed 33 per cent preservation to women successful the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies done a instrumentality successful 2023.
"Do you cognize wherefore it volition reconvene? The instrumentality we person passed for 33 per cent preservation for women, truthful that its benefits tin statesman from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, and 33 per cent of our sisters tin beryllium successful Parliament. For this, further ineligible provisions are needed," Mr. Modi said.
The Women's Reservation Act was passed by Parliament successful 2023. The proviso to supply 33% preservation to women successful the Lok Sabha and authorities Assemblies was brought by amending the Constitution, but it volition travel into effect aft the completion of the delimitation exercise.
If the connection to instrumentality the instrumentality adjacent earlier the delimitation workout really materialises, different amendment to the Constitution volition beryllium required. The authorities is expected to amend the instrumentality to this effect successful the three-day sitting of the Parliament.
The Prime Minister urged each parties that this is an contented related to women's empowerment, truthful they should, with an unfastened caput and without immoderate governmental calculations, afloat enactment it and go partners successful winning the spot of the country's mothers and sisters.
He said that the authorities had invited members of Congress for discussions and hoped that they would travel and hold with it.
The Congress connected Friday (April 3, 2026) had alleged that the authorities has called a "special session" of Parliament 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, it claimed, is simply a "gross violation" of the exemplary codification of conduct.
Asserting that the government's propulsion for a rushed delimitation workout would person "dangerous consequences", Mr. Ramesh had said, "We bash not privation immoderate disturbance successful the contiguous differentials and comparative strength." The Congress had cautioned against immoderate haste successful amending the Constitution regarding delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies, saying it is simply a delicate substance and the authorities indispensable tread carefully, different the workout mightiness enactment respective states similar Tamil Nadu and Kerala astatine a important disadvantage.
Mr. Ramesh had said the authorities kept "sleeping" for 30 months aft the transition of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, and present wants to instrumentality "double credit" successful the predetermination season.
While the authorities is keen connected passing the bills, including amending the Women's Reservation Act 2023, officially called Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, oregon Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the absorption has accused the Centre of trying to hurriedly determination for passing amendments to instrumentality governmental vantage successful the State elections.
