Congress MPs accuse Centre of misleading House on Women's Reservation Bill, seek all-party meet

Congress MPs on Friday accused the Centre of misleading the House on the Womens Reservation Bill and opposed its linkage with the proposed Delimitation Bill demanding an allparty meeting before votingCongress MP Mallu Ravi alleged the Prime Minister was making misleading statements on the floor of the House and added that the party had sought an allparty meeting ahead of the votePrime minister is giving misleading statements on the floor of the house He knows that the Congress party is very serious about passing the bill They have linked it with the delimitation That is why we are opposing the bill We made a request to call for all party meetings before the voting But they are not calling it They are saying that if anybody opposes it they will have to pay a penalty and they will lose their seats he told ANIRavi also targeted BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over his remarks during a discussion on delimitation in the Lok Sabha on ThursdayTejasvi Surya an MP from Karnataka made very derogatory statements against Telangana He said that the separation of Telangana and Andhra is like India and Pakistan Yesterday in the house Kishan Reddy supported his statement We are going to hold a protest against these two people and demand their apology openly Ravi added reported ANISuryarsquos Delimitation remarks draw criticism Opposition questions govtrsquos intent on Womenrsquos BillAccording to ANI addressing the Lower House of Parliament Surya had said Why are Opposition parties and some regional parties of the South led by the DMK making so much noise The tears they are shedding are crocodile tears I thank heaven that in 2026 when the country undertakes delimitation the BJPled Centre will carry it out The Congress government divided Andhra Pradesh into two parts and they did worse than the British in partitioning the countryHis remarks sparked widespread criticism from Telangana leadersCongress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh questioned the governments intent on the Womens Reservation Bill The government doesnt want to pass the bill If it wanted to pass the bill it would have called an allparty meeting It would have talked to the opposition parties sought the Congress partys opinion and then passed the bill he told ANICiting Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Singh added Yesterday Priyanka Gandhi said if you want you can take all the credit but whats the problem in providing 3337 reservation out of 543Opposition demands caste census detailed debate as govt assures on DelimitationAdditionally Congress MP Imran Masood called for a caste census before moving ahead I dont understand what the hurry is that you dont want to wait for the census Let the caste census happen and talk about giving rights to those who should get the rights Masood told ANIHe said the proposed increase in seats required a detailed discussion This isnt some program its a very big issue and it needs detailed discussion If seats need to be increased there should be a detailed discussion he added reported ANIPrime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier sought to allay apprehension of opposition parties over the delimitation of constituencies and the proportionate increase in the strength of the Lok Sabha to implement the Womens Reservation Act from the 2029 pollsLok Sabha is continuing its discussion and vote on the passage of the Constitution One Hundred and ThirtyFirst Amendment Bill 2026 which provides 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and State Assemblies along with the Union Territories Laws Amendment bill 2026 extending it to Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir and the Delimitation Bill which is set to increase and redraw Lok Sabha constituencies increasing them to 850Earlier on Thursday the Lok Sabha held a marathon 12hour session to discuss the amendments to the womens reservation bill which removes the need to implement the bill only after the census is conducted reported ANIInputs from ANI