Published Apr 16, 2026 | 4:37 PM ⚊ Updated Apr 16, 2026 | 4:37 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Synopsis: PM Modi assured Parliament that the delimitation process will be fair, stressing no state will face injustice. A special session debated three bills, including the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on women’s quota. After heated exchanges, the bill was introduced with 251 votes in favour and 185 against, with Modi emphasising women’s reservation as a rightful entitlement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 16 April, assured the Lok Sabha that the delimitation process would be conducted fairly and without bias.
“I guarantee no injustice will be done to any state, from East to West, North to South,” he declared.
The special parliamentary session opened with debate on three bills: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to amend the women’s quota law, the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, and the Delimitation Bill, extending women’s reservation to Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir.
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The session began with a heated 40‑minute exchange between the NDA and Opposition, after which the latter demanded a division of votes before the Constitutional Bill’s introduction.
Eventually, the bill was tabled with 251 members supporting it and 185 opposing.
Modi also urged Opposition MPs not to view the women’s quota Bill through a political lens, warning that those who had opposed women’s reservations in the past “were not forgiven by the women of the country.”
“33 percent reservation is not a ‘gift’ but a rightful entitlement, describing it as a decision in the national interest,” Modi added.
