'Delimitation Not Required for Women’s Reservation, Why Not Proportional Representation?': S.Y. Qureshi
The Union government has been reaching out to opposition parties to build consensus to bring an amendment to the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2023 to implement 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
The government’s moves come as the 2023 legislation ties women’s reservation to a fresh census and delimitation exercise. With the government now reportedly exploring delinking the law from delimitation, The Wire's senior political correspondent, Sravasti Dasgupta speaks to Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi. Quraishi weighs in on the options before the government, and why the implementation is being explored now, three years after the law was passed and right in the middle of five assembly elections.
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