India, March 21 -- Assured by constitutional guarantees of one third of elected seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, as well as in the National Capital Region, it is puzzling why women appear to have effaced themselves from the accelerating row over delimitation of constituencies. Freeze or increase, whatever be the mandate for the next Delimitation Commission, women as a separate category have a historic responsibility as well as a huge stake in joining the debate, post the 106th Constitutional Amendment adopted in 2023 after the passing of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, more popularly known as the Women's Reservation Act.

The absence of the visibility of women from the mini conclave scheduled in Chennai on March 22, called b...