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SAD backs women’s quota, delimitation after Badal meets PM Modi
A day after Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met PM Narendra Modi, the party has backed the Women’s Reservation Bill and the government’s delimitation plan. At a Chandigarh meeting of…
The Story in Brief
A day after Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met PM Narendra Modi, the party has backed the Women’s Reservation Bill and the government’s delimitation plan. At a Chandigarh meeting of senior leaders on Saturday, SAD demanded immediate implementation of women’s quota and supported a uniform 50% increase in Lok Sabha seats for all states. The party had opposed the delimitation bill in April, describing it as discriminatory towards Punjab. The meeting has rekindled speculation about a possible SAD-BJP alliance ahead of Punjab assembly elections due early next year. The two former allies split in 2020 over the farm laws.
The Indian Opinion
Commentary on this story often paints SAD’s reversal on delimitation as either pure opportunism or a principled rethink. The party had opposed the bill in April, calling it anti-Punjab. Now it supports a uniform 50% seat increase, the same Centre it quit over farm laws. Equally, hailing women’s reservation is risk-free when the bill is stalled. The real test is whether SAD will insist on these demands if no alliance emerges with the BJP before Punjab votes.
Sources (8): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, hindustantimes.com, news.abplive.com, indiatvnews.com, newindianexpress.com, indiatoday.in, timesnownews.com, ndtv.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 8 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 8 sources.
