INDIA bloc meets at Kharge's residence to chalk out strategy on women's quota bill

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge (right) and Rahul Gandhi (left) during the INDIA bloc meeting. PIC/PTI

On the eve of a special three-day sitting of Parliament, top opposition leaders on Wednesday met at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss and evolve a joint strategy on the women's quota law.

Several opposition parties are opposed to the linking of the women's reservation law with a delimitation exercise and an increase in seats in several state Assemblies as per the 2011 Census. Leaders of the Congress, DMK, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, RJD, CPI, and CPI-M were present at the meeting at Kharge's residence.

According to the draft bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to up to 850 from the current 543 with 33 per cent reservation in the lower house for women in 2029, after a delimitation exercise to be carried out based on the 2011 Census.

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