Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Watch: Delimitation row erupts in Parliament: What happened? | Above the Fold | 16.04.2026
A special three-day Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026) was convened specifically to introduce and deliberate on three linked bills: the Constitution (131...
Patnaik writes to Odisha MPs, seeks decoupling of women quota bill from delimitation process
BJD chief Naveen Patnaik wrote to all Odisha MPs — across party lines — urging them to jointly oppose the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which li...
New Delimitation Bill 2026: What it means and its key proposals
The Delimitation Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on April 16 as part of a three-bill package alongside the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and the...
Numbers not in favour of NDA to get women quota law passed in Parliament
The ruling NDA coalition does not have the requisite two-thirds majority in either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha to pass the Constitution amendment bill t...
'Political demonetisation': Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s reservation with delimitation
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor argued strongly for delinking women's reservation from the delimitation process, urging the government to implement the 33% quota ...
If Chankaya was alive, he would've been startled by your political shrewdness: Priyanka to Shah
During the Lok Sabha debate on the three bills, a Congress MP contested the government's narrative that it was the driving force behind women's reservation, ...
Women's Reservation Rollout by 2029: Arunachal CM Pema Khandu flags April 16–18 special session
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu endorsed the special Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026), calling the women's reservation bill "transformativ...
'My guarantee': PM Modi says no state to face injustice due to delimitation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened in the Lok Sabha debate on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 to personally guarantee that no state — nort...
The South after delimitation: What the maths shows from Tamil Nadu to Andhra
Parliament debated proposed legislation to expand the Lok Sabha from 543 to 816 elected seats (ceiling of 850), alongside a Women's Reservation Bill linking ...
Women's reservation & delimitation bills tabled: India braces for 850-seat Lok Sabha future
Parliament began a special session on April 16, 2026 with three interlocking bills tabled together: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation...
True intent of bills brought by govt mischievous, have to be rejected completely: Congress
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stated: "The true intent of these Bills is mischievous, their content devious, and their damage enormous. They have to be rejec...
Delimitation provisions in women's reservation amendment bill 'attack on democracy': Kerala Oppn
Opposition leaders from Kerala, including Congress leaders and CPI representatives, strongly criticised the decision to link women's reservation to delimitat...
DMK flags delimitation concerns as Kanimozhi moves motion against three bills amid delimitation row
DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi moved a formal motion in the Lok Sabha opposing the introduction of three government bills: the Constitu...
Delimitation: What’s different this time and why it’s kicking up a row
The Union government's proposed 2026 delimitation exercise is qualitatively different from all previous exercises: it proposes to simultaneously increase tot...
Amid firestorm over delimitation, Bengal, TN polls, why Parliament should rise to clear women’s quota
Amid the intense political controversy over the delimitation provisions in the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, analysis and commentary examined whe...
Will Chhattisgarh be next to adopt UCC? Panel ready to meet public and experts
The Chhattisgarh government has constituted a high-level committee to examine the feasibility of implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, follow...
Explained: How government’s delimitation push will reshape states’ representation in Lok Sabha
The Union government introduced three Bills in a special Parliament session beginning April 16, 2026: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Deli...
Need for joint response of INDIA bloc on delimitation, women reservation bills: Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that both the proposed increase in Lok Sabha seats and women's reservation need to "be examined collect...
12L households in 11 states/UTs self-enumerate for Census 2027
Over 12 lakh (1.2 million) households across 11 states and Union Territories have opted for the self-enumeration facility under Census 2027 — India's first f...
Govt plan: Keep south share unchanged in LS, list each state’s new count in ‘schedule’
Reports indicate that the Union government's proposed delimitation framework includes a provision to list each state's new Lok Sabha seat count in a constitu...