Sharad Pawar’s MPs to meet PM Modi; Congress asks them to delink women’s quota, delimitation

NCP(SP)
to
meet
PM
Modi,
delegatio
to
aise
issues
affecti g
Maha asht a,.

NEW
DELHI:
A
delegatio
of
eight
MPs
f om
Sha ad
Pawa -led
NCP
(SP)
is
scheduled
to
meet
P ime
Mi iste

Na e d a
Modi
o
Mo day
du i g
the
o goi g
Mo soo
Sessio
of
Pa liame t.Ahead
of
the
meeti g,
the

Co g ess
has
u ged
its
allia ce
pa t e
to
co vey
the
INDIA
bloc’s
oppositio
to
li ki g
the
impleme tatio
of
wome ‘s
ese vatio
with
the
p oposed
delimitatio
exe cise.AICC
sec eta y
Sachi
Sawa t
u ged
the
NCP
(SP)
delegatio
to
p ess
Modi
fo
the
immediate
impleme tatio
of
the
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
Act,
passed
i
2023,
without
waiti g
fo
delimitatio .”It
is
lea t
that
the
MPs
of
the
Natio alist
Co g ess
Pa ty
–
Sha adcha d a
Pawa
will
be
meeti g
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
Mo day
ega di g
issues
co ce i g
Maha asht a.
We
u ge
them
to
fi mly
co vey
to
P ime
Mi iste
Modi
that
the
INDIA
Allia ce’s
u equivocal
positio
is
that
the
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
Act,
passed
i
2023,
must
be
impleme ted
immediately
a d
should
ot
be
li ked
to
delimitatio ,”
Sawa t
posted
o
X
o
Su day.”It
is
impo ta t
that
the
u ity
of
the
INDIA
Allia ce
a d
its
oppositio
to
the
Modi
gove me t
o
this
issue
is
made
u equivocally
clea ,”
he
added.NCP
(SP)
MPs
to
aise
Maha asht a
issuesThe
Co g ess’
appeal
comes
ahead
of
the
meeti g
betwee

PM
Modi
a d
eight
NCP
(SP)
MPs,
led
by
pa ty
MP
Sup iya
Sule.Sule
had
said
o
Satu day
that
the
delegatio
would
aise
issues
affecti g
Maha asht a,
i cludi g
fa me
suicides,
the
wate
c isis
a d
p oblems
caused
by
apid
u ba isatio .

“We
–
some
MPs
a d
I
–
we e
talki g
about
that
P ime
Mi iste
must
be
app ised
about
the
p oblems
i
Maha asht a.
The e
is
wate
elated
issues,
fa me
suicides,
a d
p oblems
bei g
faced
due
to
u ba isatio ,”
Sule
said
at
a
p ess
co fe e ce
i
Mumbai.BJP
leade
Nav eet
Ra a
welcomed
the
p oposed
meeti g,
sayi g
elected
ep ese tatives
should
be
able
to
aise
issues
co ce i g
Maha asht a’s
developme t
with
the
P ime
Mi iste .”I
feel
that
if
MPs
f om
Sha ad
Pawa ‘s
pa ty
a e
meeti g
PM
Modi
fo
the
sake
of
Maha asht a’s
developme t–d ive
by
the
belief
that
the
state
eeds
to
p og ess
fu the –the
such
a
meeti g
is
ce tai ly
ot
a
bad
thi g,”
Ra a
said.”While
all
so ts
of
speculatio s
a e
bei g
made,
I
believe
a y
such
speculatio
ultimately
bodes
well
fo
Maha asht a;
the e
could
be
othi g
bette
tha
them
app oachi g
the
PM
to
advocate
fo
the
state’s
developme t,”
she
added.The
dispute
ce t es
o
the
gove me t’s
p oposed
delimitatio
exe cise
a d
its
co ectio
with
the
impleme tatio
of
the
wome ‘s
ese vatio
law.
The
Co stitutio
(131st
Ame dme t)
Bill,
2026,
i t oduced
i
the
Lok
Sabha
o
Ap il
16,
p oposed
i c easi g
the
st e gth
of
the
House
to
850
seats
a d
sought
to
expedite
the
impleme tatio
of
the
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
Act
passed
i
2023.

The
bill,
howeve ,
failed
to
secu e
the
co stitutio ally
equi ed
two-thi ds
majo ity
of
membe s
p ese t
a d
voti g
a d
was
ot
passed
du i g
the
exte ded
Budget
Sessio .The
Co g ess
a d
othe
oppositio
pa ties
have
backed
wome ‘s
ese vatio
but
oppose
maki g
its
impleme tatio
depe de t
o
delimitatio .
They
have
a gued
that
the
ese vatio
p ovisio s
should
be
impleme ted
immediately
athe
tha
waiti g
fo
the
expa sio
a d
ed awi g
of
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cies.

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