Women Congress members question linking women reservation with delimitation

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Women leaders of the Dakshina Kannada portion of the Congress said present connected Monday that the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 related to 33% preservation for women successful the Lok Sabha got defeated successful the Lok Sabha arsenic it was linked with delimitation and Census.

Mamata Gatty, chairperson of Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi linked women’s preservation with delimitation and Census with governmental motives. Hence the Bill got defeated. “Women are decidedly bittersweet implicit politicisation of women’s reservation,” she said.

Published - April 20, 2026 11:16 p.m. IST

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