Rush to implement women’s reservation serves a political project that depends on early delimitation

What Happened

India's government scheduled a special Parliament session for April 16-18 to pass a women's reservation Bill. The proposal modifies the 2023 Constitutional Amendment to enable women's reservation from 2029. However, it also links delimitation based on the 2011 Census and expands the Lok Sabha by fifty percent. Critics argue this serves political interests rather than advancing women's representation, noting the Bill text remains unpublished.

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