Opposition against women’s reservation, increase in SC, ST seats: Amit Shah in LS

NEW DELHI: (Apr 17) Alleging that the opposition parties are against women’s reservation in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies as well as an increase in the number of SC, ST seats, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the delimitation exercise will lead to rationalisation of voters in every constituency, some which now have electors in the range of nearly 40 lakh.

Replying to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced to amend the women's quota law and to set up a delimitation commission, Shah also claimed that the Congress deprived people of delimitation when it was in power, and it is still doing the same.

“If anyone hears this discussion carefully, one will realise that nobody opposed the constitutional amendment for women's reservation. Everyone said ‘we welcome this move’. But all the members of the INDIA group clearly opposed women's reservation,” Shah said at the conclusion of the debate in which about 130 MPs took part over two days.