India, April 15 -- Chief ministers of two southern states on Tuesday rejected the government's move to table three bills to provide 33% to women in Parliament and state legislatures, raise the cap of seats in the Lok Sabha to 850 and set up a delimitation commission, with the Congress and other opposition parties raised several key questions about the proposal, including its timing and intent.

Some, including the Congress, raised concerns over the timing of the bills to be tabled in the three-day special sitting of Parliament beginning Thursday - even as assembly elections are underway. Others expressed reservations over the possibility that the 2011 Census might form the basis for the delimitation exercise. To be sure no party has offic...