New Delhi, April 17 -- Congress General Secretary and MP KC Venugopal on Friday hailed the non-passage of the Women's Reservation Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, asserting that opposition had successfully "prevented the hijacking" of women's reservation, accusing the government of attempting to use the bill as a cover for a delimitation exercise that would have allegedly put several states under disadvantage.

The Congress MP also accused the Union government of attempting to allegedly destroy democracy in the country by redrawing constituencies to suit its own interests.

"The attempt made by the Union government to destroy democracy and hijack it in the name of women's reservation has been defeated... We supported and even demanded thi...