Dehradun, April 19 -- The Women's Reservation Bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) to amend the 2023 Act to hasten implementation of 33% female representation is being unnecessarily opposed. The current focus is on decoupling the quota from the delayed census and directly linking it to an upcoming delimitation exercise that proposes expanding the Lok Sabha to 850 seats. The Centre has moved the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill to change the implementation timeline, moving away from waiting for the post-2021 census delimitation, aiming to speed up the process. The discussion has focused on increasing the total Lok Sabha seats (from 543 to around 850) and implementing the 1/3rd reservation for women simultaneously. While most parties have s...