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NCP(SP) MPs meet PM Modi; Congress warns on women’s quota link
Eight MPs from Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP), led by Supriya Sule, will meet PM Modi on Monday to raise Maharashtra issues including farmer suicides, water crisis and urbanisation. The Congress has urged its…
The Story in Brief
Eight MPs from Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP), led by Supriya Sule, will meet PM Modi on Monday to raise Maharashtra issues including farmer suicides, water crisis and urbanisation. The Congress has urged its alliance partner to firmly convey the INDIA bloc’s demand that the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, be implemented immediately without linking it to the proposed delimitation exercise.
AICC secretary Sachin Sawant asked the NCP(SP) to make the coalition’s opposition clear. The government’s bill to link reservation with delimitation failed to secure two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha in April. BJP’s Navneet Rana welcomed the meeting, saying any representation for Maharashtra’s development is positive.
The Indian Opinion
The Congress demand to delink women's reservation from delimitation is sound politics, but the real test is whether the NCP(SP) delegation actually presses the point with Modi or limits itself to Maharashtra’s water and farmer issues. The 2023 Act is clear: reservation kicks in only after delimitation. Until the numbers from the 2026 census arrive, this remains a wordy standoff. Watch if any INDIA ally pushes a private member’s bill to force a vote.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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