Indian Government Seeks to Pass Amendments to Increase Women's Representation in Parliament

The Parliament session is being called in the name of women's reservation. The government wants to pass amendments to increase the number of seats. The process should be put on hold for the time being and the matter should be discussed with all political parties and states first. The CPI (M) Politburo has raised this demand in the proposal for amendments to the Women's Reservation Act. The BJP government at the Centre wants to pass amendments to the'Nari Shakti Bandhan Act'by calling a special session of the budget session next April. The official commentary says that the initiative to pass the constitutional amendment bill has been taken so that it is convenient to implement this law. The discussion starts in the middle of the voting process in five states. Three of these states are due to vote in 2024, but in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The Politburo has said that the CPI (M) is committed to the legislation to make it mandatory to reserve one-third of the seats for women in the Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies. Therefore, in 2023, the bill is supported despite objections to the inclusion of the census and delimitation in the bill. The 108th amendment to the constitution also says that one-third of the bill is reserved for