VIBHA SHARMANew Delhi, April 17 -- Opposition MPs on Friday stuck a spanner in the Narendra Modi government's move to fast-track the Women's Reservation Bill-the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam-by defeating the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which required more than a two-thirds majority for passage-a special majority comprising two-thirds of members present and voting, and more than 50% of the total membership of the House.
Following the defeat of the main Bill required to implement the women's quota by the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju withdrew the other two related Bills-the union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill, 2026. The NDA received 298 votes and the ...