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Rahul Gandhi on quota Bills: ‘Govt redrawing electoral map while hiding behind women’
April 18, 2026 4:15 am
LoP launches scathing attack on government ahead of voting in Lok Sabha, alleges it is “trying to avoid giving representation” to OBCs.
Close to vote, government realised Bill would fall, put the onus on Opposition
April 18, 2026 7:48 am
NDA leader says government prepared to let Bills be defeated, project itself as “martyr” in the cause of women's rights.
Women's reservation: In a small panchayat in Tamil Nadu, a lesson on what women in power can mean
April 17, 2026 6:30 am
President, vice-president and four of the remaining 6 ward members of Varaganoor panchayat – which boasts of a national award, and several new initiatives – are women.
Will the Women's Reservation Bill lead to substantive empowerment or just descriptive presence?
April 16, 2026 6:06 pm
Whether seats rotate every election cycle or across longer intervals will determine whether women can build durable political careers or are condemned to brief, discontinuous tenures that leave little behind
As Lok Sabha discusses women’s quota, two Rajya Sabha women MPs weigh in: 'There is a hidden intent', 'No question of seats being reduced'
April 16, 2026 4:47 pm
While Congress’s Ranjeet Ranjan questions timing and accuses the government of having ulterior motives, BJP’s Rekha Sharma calls it a "historic day".
BJP turned ‘nari’ into ‘nara’, wants to deny OBC women their rights: Akhilesh slams party over women's quota Bill
April 17, 2026 3:38 am
Akhilesh also said he agreed with Gaurav Gogoi, who alleged that through delimitation, the BJP wants to change the “electoral map of the country”.
Parliament Special Session Live Updates: 'Very unfortunate… you have lost an opportunity', says Kiren Rijiju as women's quota Bill fails
April 17, 2026 8:20 pm
Parliament Special Session Today News Live Updates: Parliament special sitting live updates track key bills including delimitation and women’s reservation.
Delimitation is about federalism vs franchise. Post-2014 politics is too broken to offer any answers
April 15, 2026 8:32 pm
An old constitutional tension has resurfaced in a new political context marked by central dominance and shrinking consensus
Our worst fears have come true: NDA government is using delimitation to disempower the southern states
April 14, 2026 7:54 pm
If the Delimitation Bill is implemented literally, bypassing the government’s assurances, the southern states would suffer massive losses. They would be reduced to virtual political colonies of the North.
The many constitutional questions around Women's Reservation Act
April 13, 2026 11:55 am
Since constitutionally, this process is largely insulated from judicial review, the result is an exercise with significant consequences for representation, but limited avenues for public scrutiny or accountability
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Parliament House complex abuzz with political bigwigs
March 24, 2022 7:01 pm
From newly sworn-in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, many senior political leaders and chief ministers of various states arrived at the Parliament House complex on Thursday
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