The extended Budget Session will deliberate on a legislative package comprising the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill, 2026 on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
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The extended Budget Session will deliberate on a legislative package comprising the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill, 2026 on Thursday (April 16, 2026). The government has said these are aimed at expediting the implementation of 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.
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On Tuesday (April 14, 2026), the Centre circulated draft Bills among MPs, related to the implementation of the women’s reservation law — the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — and a fresh delimitation exercise. The draft proposals envisage increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha to up to 850 seats from the present 543, following a delimitation exercise based on the last published census, while also expanding State Assemblies to accommodate reservation for women.
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The INDIA bloc parties took a unanimous decision to vote against the delimitation provisions in the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, 2026, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said at the end of a meeting of the alliance on Tuesday (April 13, 2026), adding the Opposition is not against reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
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