India, April 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a request on social media on Friday for support to the amended women's quota bill that was set to be put to a vote in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

The BJP-led NDA government - which has linked the quota to an allegedly "hasty" delimitation exercise to increase and redraw Lok Sabha seats - does not have the two-third majority needed to have the amendment bill passed on its own.

"Logical responses have been provided to dispel the misconceptions that were spread. Every apprehension has been addressed," PM Modi claim in his X post.

The Congress-led Opposition, and the parties from the southern states in particular, have said a flawed and biased delimitation law is being pushed throu...