New Delhi, April 18 -- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday defended the Centre over the Opposition's allegations against the Delimitation Bill, stating that "even if there are 543 or 850 seats, the BJP will win," after the 131st Constitution Amendment Bill, 2026, failed to pass in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Speaking with the reporters outside the Parliament, Joshi said that the Centre delinked the census from delimitation to ensure women's reservation and increase the overall seats in the Parliament.

"The question is not about whether to do delimitation or not. Delimitation has happened before, too. To increase the number, they say that the BJP will benefit from increasing the numbers. We are delinking it from the census. By delinkin...