India, April 17 -- The Women's Reservation Bill may not get Parliament's approval, as the ruling NDA, on its own, does not have the required numbers to get the constitutional amendments passed.

Given this scenario, the bill can pass only if the ruling dispensation can garner support from other parties or persuade some of them to abstain. Voting will take place on Friday in the Lok Sabha at 4 pm.

And in another scenario, if the Bill is not passed, BJP leaders said that the opportunity may be exploited by the ruling dispensation to 'expose' the Opposition that they are against women's reservation. "The party strategist might have taken a very calculated risk in this matter, hence they convened the three-day additional sittings of the Budg...