New Delhi, April 17 -- Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a sharp attack on opposition parties during his reply to a marathon Lok Sabha debate on three landmark bills, accusing the Congress of repeatedly denying citizens their right to delimitation-first in 1976, and now again by opposing it today.
"In 1972, the Indira Gandhi government increased Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545 and then froze them. In 1976, to protect its grip on power during the Emergency, Congress pushed through the 42nd Amendment, imposing a ban on delimitation," Shah said. "Then it was the Congress that deprived the people of delimitation, and today, it is Congress doing the same."Shah also clarified that the Narendra Modi Cabinet had decided to conduct a caste...