India, April 20 -- Championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Women's Reservation Bill aimed not only to empower women but also to restructure representation through delimitation. However, fierce opposition in the house  derailed the effort, raising serious questions about the future of women's political participation in the country

On April 17, 2026, "a date which will live in infamy", the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeking to reservation of 33 per cent seats for women in an expanded Lok Sabha and State Assemblies and facilitate delimitation of constituencies, nosedived in the Lok Sabha and crashed even before taking off into self-sustained growth. Of the 528 members present in the House, 298 voted in favour of...