New Delhi, April 16 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M) General Secretary MA Baby on Thursday criticised the Narendra Modi government's move to link the delimitation process with the women's reservation in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, calling it a "devious move".

He said that the Geeta Mukherjee Committee of 1996 had recommended ways to go about increasing women's representation in the electoral legislatures, but it met with opposition from the "ruling class parties" then.

"The Communist parties, left parties have always given utmost importance to equality for women. In India, when we discuss women's representation in Parliament and the Assembly, we are compelled to refer to the Geeta Mukherjee Committee report. From rul...