New Delhi, April 16 -- Three bills to tweak the women's quota law were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 16. These are the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill.

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill seeks to amend six articles, including the one that expands the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850, and removes the provision that mandates delimitation after each census.

The Bills, which the Opposition condemned as a "trickery" and "political demonetisation," were introduced after a 40-minute debate on Thursday. After the fiery debate, the Opposition pressed for the division of votes to introduce the Constitutional (131st Amendment) Bill.

The Bill ...