Bengaluru, April 19 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government in centre for holding discussions with the opposition party before introducing the Constitution 131st Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha.

He said that India was a democracy and not "Hitler's rule" while attacking the Centre for bringing the Constitution Amendment Bill, which sought to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850, amid Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The Bill was also meant to advance the implementation of women's reservation legislation.

The Deputy CM also said that women's reservation was the "baby of the Congress".

"Regarding the women's reservation bill, it is...