India, April 11 -- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday hit out at the Modi Government for its new proposals on women's reservation, demanding that the Centre postpone the move to allow for wider consultations with political parties and State Governments.

In a statement issued by its Polit Bureau, the CPI(M) alleged that the Government's latest plan - which reportedly links the implementation of the reservation to an increase in the number of seats in Parliament and Assemblies based on the 2011 Census - is aimed at "narrow political benefit" ahead of Assembly elections.

The party contended that while it remains committed to the mandatory one-third reservation for women, the current linkage to census and delimitation exercise...