SRINAGAR, April 27 -- National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday said the Constitution Amendment Bill could have led to concentration of legislative power within five Hindi-speaking states of the country if it would have been passed.
Talking to reporters during a constituency visit here, Mehdi said the Women's Reservation Bill was unanimously passed by the parliament in 2023, but opposition has defeated a bill that could have led to a flawed delimitation process under the garb of implementing the women's quota bill.
"Women's Reservation Bill is still alive. What has been defeated is a so-called delimitation bill that would have led to gerrymandering as they did in Jammu and Kashmir. They changed the boundaries of parliamenta...