Mumbai, April 15 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday alleged that the Centre is rushing the delimitation process amid ongoing elections in five states, claiming it assumes MPs from those states will be absent during voting.

He asserted that members will be present and the Opposition will take a collective decision to defeat the bill.

Speaking to ANI, Raut said, "The way they are rushing to bring this bill, with elections underway in 5 states, they (BJP) think that the MPs from those states won't come for voting, but everyone is coming for voting. We will take a collective decision and defeat the bill."

"We will support the Women's Reservation Bill, but the game of delimitation being played under its guise is very dangerous,"...