India, April 17 -- Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed the number 16 holds heavy meaning in PM Narendra Modi's plans to bring in delimitation - an increase and change in Lok Sabha seats - by bundling it with an amendment to the women's quota law passed in 2023.

Rahul said that, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking in the Lok Sabha on his government's plan to this effect, "I was sitting here and watching. He had low energy. He was not able to engage."

He said he then noticed the date was April 16. Harping on the number, the Congress MP said, "Clearly, trying to pass this bill (constitutional amendment) was a mistake. Everybody knew."

He added, "I saw on my phone the date, the 16th, of April, and I was like, 'My...