NEW DELHI, April 16 -- Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Amit Shah on Thursday moved to introduce three Bills in the Lok Sabha to amend the women's reservation law and establish a delimitation commission, triggering protests from the opposition, which termed the proposals unconstitutional.

The draft Constitution amendment Bill seeks to raise the strength of the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 850 seats from the current 543 to operationalise 33% reservation for women ahead of the 2029 general elections, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.

It also proposes increasing seats in state assemblies and Union Territory legislatures to accommodate the quota, with reserved seats for women to be allotted on a rotational basis ...