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Women's quota, delimitation: Opposition kills bill in Lok Sabha, it's NDA govt's first legislative defeat
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was put to a vote in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, after a 21-hour debate spanning two days. The bill received 2...
Deservedly dead: On the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026
Editorial and analytical commentary on the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha (298 votes for, 230 against — short of the re...
BJP decides to hit streets against oppn parties
Following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha (298 votes for, 230 against — short of the 352 required), BJP announced na...
EWS can't seek age relaxation, enhanced attempts like SC,ST, OBC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking age relaxation and enhanced attempt limits for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates in UPSC Civil S...
TDP, YSRCP, JDU back Constitution (Amendment) Bill; Akali Dal opposes
BJP's key NDA allies — Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) from Bihar — announced support for the Constitution (131st Amendm...
Kanimozhi, Shashi Tharoor & Kalyan Banerjee reject women’s quota bill as a cover for delimitation push
Opposition leaders including DMK's Kanimozhi, Congress's Shashi Tharoor, and Trinamool's Kalyan Banerjee rejected the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 20...
'Anti-national act': Rahul Gandhi alleges quota bill a covert bid to redraw India's electoral map
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha, framing his objection around the absence of OBC sub-categori...
‘Black day’, says Uttarakhand speaker on Constitution amendment bill’s LS defeat
Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan called the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 a "black day" for women, connecting it ...
Supreme Court says constitutional authority must rise above personal beliefs
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing the Sabarimala review case along with a batch of connected matters on religious freedom, observ...
Harivansh gets 3rd term as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, 1st nominated MP to occupy post
Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected as the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha for a third consecutive term on April 17, 2026, in an unopposed election. The op...
‘Govt taking away their power’ vs ‘Why Rajiv Gandhi opposed’: Rahul–Rijiju clash over OBCs during women’s quota–delimitation debate
During a special Parliamentary session on April 17, 2026, heated exchanges occurred between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju duri...
'Opposing increase in SC, ST seats': Amit Shah on INDIA bloc objecting to delimitation bill - top quotes
Union Home Minister Amit Shah strongly defended the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha, accusing the INDIA bloc opposition of opposing th...
Fall of constitutional amendment bill a defeat for delimitation, not women’s reservation: Opposition
Opposition parties after the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha were careful to clarify their position: they opposed the 13...
Government braces for defeat in women’s quota vote, looks to pin blame on Opposition: ‘They have to answer to people’
Before the vote on April 17, 2026, strategic analysis pointed to an almost certain defeat for the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which linked the...
Rahul Gandhi on quota Bills: ‘Govt redrawing electoral map while hiding behind women’
During the Lok Sabha debate on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Delimitation Bill, 2026, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi argued that the bi...
Opposition fumes as Centre notifies 2023 Women’s Reservation Act mid-debate
The Central Government notified the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — into force with effect from April 16, 2026,...
Women’s reservation Bill defeated in Lok Sabha, fails to get 2/3rd majority
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 came to a vote in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026 after 21 hours of debate. Final vote count: 298 in favour, 230 ag...
Tripura ADC elections: High hopes for tribal solidarity in Northeast as Tipra Motha sweeps 24 of 28 seats
Results for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections were declared on April 17, 2026 — Tipra Motha Party won 24 of the 28 cont...
‘Hail the Constitution’: Opposition rejoices as Bill to tweak women’s quota law is defeated in LS
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was defeated in Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026, with 298 votes in favour and 230 against, out of 528 total votes c...
What does the Supreme Court’s latest order mean for Bengal’s deleted voters
Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections (April 23 and April 29, 2026), the Supreme Court intervened in a controversy over large-scale deletions from vote...