Top updates: PM Modi says he is ‘willing to guarantee’ delimitation will not be unfair to any state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was “willing to guarantee” that no injustice will be meted out to any state through the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.

Modi said he wanted to assure the House that no part of the country would be discriminated against during the process, and no state’s proportion of representation in the Lower House of Parliament would be altered.

When an Opposition MP asked if he could guarantee this in the bills, the prime minister said that he was willing to verbally use the words “guarantee” or “promise” if needed.

Earlier in the day, the Union government introduced in the Lok Sabha three bills on redrawing the boundaries of electoral constituencies and expediting the implementation of women’s reservations in Parliament and state Assemblies.

Here are more top updates from the special session of Parliament:

• Bills introduced: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had earlier on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that through the bills introduced by the Centre, there will be an “equal, 50% increase” in the strength of the Lower House of Parliament, which will translate to 815 seats, ANI reported.
• Of these, 272 seats, or one-third, will be reserved for women, the minister said, and claimed that no state will face any reduction in its representation.
• While Meghwal introduced...

  Read more