New Delhi, June 18 -- On 17 April this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government failed to pass a contentious delimitation Bill - linked to women's reservation - due to a united opposition vote.

The government needed 352 votes in the Lok Sabha but secured only 298, while 230 members voted against the bill.

Two months later, the parliament is staring at a defection-powered realignment that could help pass the once-defeated Bill.

Defections in the Trinamool Congress, speculation on some MPs of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) camp jumping ship, the exit of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) from the INDIA bloc following the Congress ending its alliance with the party, and seven AAP MPs moving...