Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, the political temperatures are soaring. The Union government, according to top sources, is likely to call a special session of Parliament over the delimitation and women’s reservation bills, ahead of the winter session. And in what is a political bombshell, sources say the Government is confident on securing the two-third numbers in House.
After months of back-and-forths and a failed vote in Lok Sabha, the government is set to bring the contentious Delimitation bill back to the Parliament. The Centre has come under heavy scrutiny ever since the bill was introduced, as the Opposition continues to critique the thought process behind the proportional reallocation of seats in India, basis the population breakup of states. The Opposition has also launched several attacks against the government for using the women’s reservation bill as a guise to pass the Delimitation bill. The consideration of the government to call for a special session of Parliament however, does suggest that the Government is confident of getting the bills passed.
Alongside the Delimitation row, the other big political potboiler has been around Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s debate dare to Prime Minister Modi over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Sources suggest that the dare could also be taken up by Home Minister Amit Shah in the special session, if Rahul Gandhi agrees.
Congress MP K C Venugopal on Wednesday accused the BJP of “attempting to manipulate political parties” over the proposed delimitation exercise and said that the move was an attack on democracy. Speaking to media, Venugopal said the Parliament had not been prorogued for the past 95 days, pointing out that normally, the President issues an order proroguing the House a day after the conclusion of a session.
He said only a few days were left for the Winter Session to commence. Venugopal alleged that the BJP was waiting to see whether it could win over political parties such as the DMK, Shiv Sena and NCP before moving ahead with the delimitation bill.
Bureau Report
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