Delimitation to harm Punjab: Cong
Chandigarh, April 21 -- The Punjab Congress on Monday warned against the delimitation of Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies across the country, saying it would reduce the proportionate share of the states like Punjab and increase that of states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
On April 17, the bill to amend the Women's Reservation Bill failed get two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, following which two other bills, including one for delimitation and increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats, were not put to vote. Addressing a joint press conference at the Congress Bhawan here, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and AICC general secretary Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said, "It was not the women quota bill that was defeated in Parliament, but the delimitation bill."
Regarding the delimitation, they said, "Had the bill been allowed to be passed, the government would have brought in delimitation which would have put states like Punjab and Tamil Nadu at a disadvantage while giving undue advantage to states like UP and Bihar."htc...
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