Itanagar, April 18 -- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday blamed the opposition for voting against the Constitution 131st Amendment Bill that sought to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850.

"I felt saddened by what happened in Parliament. The Bill, passed in 2023, was a very good initiative, and it should be rolled out by 2029 with clear rules on how to implement it. The Prime Minister carried out the full exercise and presented it in Parliament," Khandu told reporters here.

He accused the opposition of taking a step back from the opportunity to provide women's reservation in the electoral legislature.

"The opposition talks about Naari Shakti and favouring (women's) reservation. But when it was be...