3Photo© timesofindia.indiatimes.comLok Sabha seats to be increased to maximum of 850 to accommodate Women's Reservation Bill
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The Union government will introduce bills on Thursday to carry out the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats, increasing the strength of the Lower House to 850 from 543.
Of these, 815 seats will be from the states and 35 from Union Territories.
While speculations regarding the amendment had been doing the rounds in political circles for the past two weeks, the copies of the draft legislation were shared with MPs for the first time on Tuesday.
Delimitation is the process of fixing the boundaries of electoral constituencies. Article 82 of the Constitution states that after every census is completed, the allocation of Lok Sabha seats to each state must be adjusted based on changes in its population.
“ The amendment to the women reservation act is not the issue. The real issue is the delimitation bill. The government is trying to bring it through the backdoors, in the garb of the women reservation…
Supriya Shrinate,
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