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Yogendra Yadav on delimitation: What India needs is a new compact that isn't based on dominance
April 21, 2026 7:05 am
The question is not whether ‘one person, one vote’ is a valid principle. The real question is whether this is the only valid principle relevant to this case
‘Why change stable delimitation framework based on old Census data? That has not been answered’: Former LS Secretary General
April 20, 2026 5:09 am
“How will we find a reasonable population base? This needs to be studied … It should be considered whether population should be the only criterion … it is not a matter which the House can decide in a two or three-day special sitting,” P D T Achary says in an interview.
Shashi Tharoor writes: The Trojan Horse of delimitation, and fundamental questions about the design of our democracy
April 20, 2026 12:38 pm
We must ask ourselves if a model of parliamentary representation designed in the mid-20th century is still suitable for a sprawling, diverse nation of 145 crore people with such vast disparities among its constituent units
A political setback for the government, a democratic opening for the opposition
April 18, 2026 7:21 am
This defeat allows a more sober reconsideration of important institutional and constitutional questions
Women’s quota vote: With numbers against NDA, BJP readies Plan B
April 17, 2026 3:42 pm
PM Modi makes a final pitch: “I urge and appeal to all political parties to take a sensitive decision by voting in favour of women’s reservation … Crores of women are watching us”.
On seat guarantee, states need a proviso in Constitution, not just a promise in Parliament
April 17, 2026 1:27 pm
Verbal commitments to the South offer no protection against a Delimitation Commission bound by statute; the government must move to amend the 131st Amendment Bill on the floor
Opposition: Delimitation will turn out to be political demonetisation, linking it to women quota a trap
April 18, 2026 4:17 am
DMK's Kanimozhi says tying delimitation to women’s reservation is a “trap”, SP's Dimple Yadav asks if Centre truly wants to empower women or work towards its own empowerment.
Delimitation Bill fundamental attack on federal structure: Opposition
April 17, 2026 4:34 am
DMK MPs come dressed in black in protest, Modi says it aligns with the culture of ‘kala teeka’ during ‘shubh kaam’
‘Delimitation won’t reduce South's share in Lok Sabha’: Amit Shah breaks down the numbers
April 17, 2026 6:31 am
Asked where the numbers he cited were mentioned in the Delimitation Bill, Union Home Minister says he will explain it all on Friday in “a language so simple that KG (kindergarten) students can understand”.
Women’s reservation and the flattening of Indian democracy into easy binaries
April 16, 2026 1:01 pm
The debate on women’s reservation shows how constitutional questions are reduced to moral choices, even as courts drift into interpretive excess
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Priyanka Gandhi calls defeat of delimitation-linked women’s bill a ‘win for democracy’
April 18, 2026 2:41 pm
She also demanded that the government implement the Women's Reservation Act of 2023 on the current strength of the Lok Sabha
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