India, April 5 -- With the Centre's proposal to amend the Naari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam for hastening the rollout of women's reservation while simultaneously increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats of all states by 50 per cent has put the Opposition in a bind, and the opposition parties term it as a ploy by the ruling BJP for a longterm electoral gain.

The government has called the special session of Parliament from April 16 to 18 for three days for the Women's Reservation Bill, and the opposition parties especially the Congress has dubbed it as the clear-cut violation of model code of conduct with main motto to influence the outcome of assembly polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, where the polling is due on April 23 and 29.

The gover...