Chennai, April 19 -- Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan urged the Centre to convene a special session of Parliament to pass a Private Member's Bill seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

Haasan's appeal comes in the wake of the failure of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, which had linked women's reservation to delimitation.

In a post on X posted on Saturday, the actor-turned politician backed a legislative initiative moved by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP P Wilson, emphasising that women's reservation should be implemented within the existing strength of Parliament without being tied to delimitation or census-re...