During the special session of Parliament that begins on April 16, the Union government is expected to take up the Women’s Reservation Bill along with the delimitation of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. | Photo credit: file photo
With the special session of Parliament beginning on April 16, the Union government is expected to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill along with the delimitation of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. These are two distinct issues – one about women’s representation and the other reshaping political representation across states.
The promotion of women’s reservation is a welcome step – a step that the Indian National Congress has consistently pushed for decades. Given the importance of this reform, any attempt to conflate it with an unscientific and one-sided redrawing exercise raises serious concerns. Women’s reservation can be implemented within the current delimitation itself; it doesn’t have to be conditional on a new exercise.
Published – 15 April 2026 07:00 IST
