Parliament Monsoon Session: BJP wooing NCP SP, DMK for Constitution Amendment Bill, alleges Chidambaram
Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to secure support from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which aims to reserve one-third of Lok Sabha and state assembly seats for women. Chidambaram argued that the bill's true intent is to facilitate delimitation and potential gerrymandering, despite existing provisions for women's reservation under the 106th Amendment. He urged the regional parties to reject the bill, emphasizing the need to protect state rights against what he termed the BJP's aggressive agenda.