New Delhi, April 15 -- A bill to "operationalise" 33% reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by increasing the house's strength up to 850 from 543 is set for introduction in Parliament on Thursday. To redraw constituencies, the bill seeks to take 2011 Census data into account and amend Article 81 of the Constitution. "The House of the People (Lok Sabha) shall consist of not more than 815 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the states; andnot more than 35 members to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide," states the bill. The expression "population", according to the bill, means the population as ascertained by a published Census. The government plans to bring a Constitutional amendment, a bill on delimitation law and an enabling bill for Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry -three Union territories with legislature - on Thursday in Lok Sabha to fast track implementation of the women's reservation Act of 2023. "The next census and the consequential delimitation exercise thereafter will take considerable time and thus, delay the effective and dedicated participation of women in our democratic polity," says the statement of objects and reasons of the draft amendment bill. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday alleged that the Centre's objective in tabling the bill was victory in 2029 Lok Sabha elections through a delimitation process that suited the Bharatiya Janata Party, and urged the Opposition MPs to reject the proposal. "The BJP does not do anything without a political objective. They would not bring a bill until it politically benefits them.The 106th Constitution Amendment Bill introduced 334-A which states that the women's reservation law would be implemented after 2026 following the Census and delimitation," Sibal said, adding that this was unanimously passed in Parliament. "Now they have decided to amend that. They are not saying what change they want. They decided in 2023 that it would be done after Census and delimitation. Now they say that they want it changed." Questioning the timing of the move, Sibal claimed that it was targeted at the West Bengal elections. The government has called a special sitting of Parliament on April 16, 17 and 18 amid the polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, he said. "TMC and other parties' MPs will campaign there or come here? What would have happened if this were to be taken up after the 29th," Sibal said. He claimed that the reported proposal to increase seat proportions by 50% was aimed at consolidating the Centre's power in the legislature. "In the northern belt, the BJP had won 127 out of 238 seats and in southern India they have won 29 out of 130'. So they want to increase seats and get a larger share in the northern belt. Difference would give them a political advantage." He said the BJP would have de facto power to turn delimitation to their advantage. "The Chairman of the delimitation commission would be a pocket veto." "They are taking the census of 2011 but if the census is being done now, why the need for this bill. The registrar general has said the data will come by 2027. So they can bring that bill then," he added....