Rush Hour: PM claims delimitation will not be unfair, SC relief for restored Bengal voters and more

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “willing to guarantee” that no injustice will be meted out to any state through the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. No state’s proportion of representation in the Lower House of Parliament would be altered, he added.

When voting took place on whether to introduce the bills earlier in the day, 251 MPs voted in favour and 185 opposed it. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that there will be an “equal, 50% increase” in the strength of the Lower House of Parliament through the legislation.

The Congress alleged that the intention of the government was to introduce delimitation “through the back door”. Read on.

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