‘Why delay the vandan?’: Women’s reservation comes full circle as government’s ‘U-turn’ fails in Lok Sabha

The contented of 33% preservation for women successful the Lok Sabha and State Legislatures has travel afloat ellipse successful little than 3 years since the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly known arsenic the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was passed by Parliament successful September 2023.

Clause (1) of Article 334A of the 106th Amendment mandated a three-step process to beryllium done earlier women’s preservation successful the legislature became a world - the 2023 Act had to travel into force, followed by a caller Census and a delimitation exercise.