Badal’s
a ou ceme t
co veyed
the
gove me t’s
effo ts
to
ealig
the
umbe s
i
its
favou
this
time
ou d,
afte
a
simila
exe cise
was
defeated
i
the
last
sessio
by
a
joi t
oppositio ,
which
has
si ce
bee
co side ably
weake ed
NEW
DELHI:
A
day
afte
his
meeti g
with
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
Akali
Dal
p eside t
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
o
Satu day
eve sed
his
pa ty’s
ea lie
oppositio
to
the
ollout
of
the
wome ‘s
ese vatio
law
f om
2029
with
a
i c ease
i
the
Lok
Sabha’s
st e gth
by
50%
a d
suppo ted
a y
f esh
move
to
impleme t
the
two
togethe ,
sig alli g
the
possibility
of
the
govt
evivi g
the
Co stitutio
ame dme t
bill
soo .Akali
Dal
had
walked
out
of
the
BJP-led
NDA
gove me t
i
Septembe
2020,
e di g
a
23-yea -old
allia ce,
due
to
the
Ce t e’s
passage
of
the
th ee
fa m
bills.
DMK,
a othe
oppo e t
bei g
eyed
by
the
gove me t
as
a
pote tial
suppo te
of
its
e ewed
bid,
s ubbed
gove i g
TVK’s
all-pa ty
meeti g
o
delimitatio .
NDA
is
also
ba ki g
o
NCP(SP)
to
suppo t
the
measu e.
Gove me t
likely
to
b i g
back
delimitatio
bill,
but
timi g
ot
clea
yet
While
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal’s
pa ty
has
o ly
o e
MP
—
his
wife
Ha sim at
is
a
Lok
Sabha
membe
—
his
a ou ceme t
co veyed
the
gove me t’s
effo ts
to
ealig
the
umbe s
i
its
favou
this
time
ou d,
afte
a
simila
exe cise
was
defeated
i
the
last
sessio
by
a
joi t
oppositio ,
which
has
si ce
bee
co side ably
weake ed.While
DMK
called
it
a
dive sio a y
tactic
a d
wo de ed
why
CM
Vijay
did
ot
summo
the
meeti g
o
a
p essi g
issue
like
the
Mekedatu
dam
ow,
the
pa ty
clea ly
did
ot
wa t
to
be
pa t
of
a
exe cise
to
f ame
delimitatio
as
damagi g
to
the
i te ests
of
the
state,
with
TVK
ally
Co g ess
up
i
a ms
agai st
it.Developme ts
i
gove i g
BJP-led
NDA
a d
oppositio
camps
a e
a
clea
i dicatio
that
the
gove me t
is
b i gi g
back
the
bill,
which
will
eed
two-thi ds
suppo t
i
Pa liame t.
Its
timi g,
howeve ,
emai s
u ce tai ,
with
a
sectio
of
lawmake s
bei g
of
the
view
that
Pa liame t
ca
be
summo ed
afte
I depe de ce
Day
to
debate
it.The
o goi g
mo soo
sessio
is
scheduled
to
e d
o
Aug
13,
leavi g
the
gove me t
with
ot
much
time
to
pu sue
its
ambitious
age da
that
seeks
to
aise
Lok
Sabha’s
maximum
st e gth
f om
the
existi g
550
to
850.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Sukhbi
dema ded
impleme tatio
of
o e-thi d
ese vatio
fo
wome
i
Lok
Sabha
a d
state
assemblies.
He
said,
“SAD
also
dema ded
a
fai
a d
equitable
delimitatio .”
I cide tally,
his
wife
had
made
a
fie y
speech
agai st
a
simila
bill
last
time,
flayi g
the
gove me t
fo
li ki g
ese vatio
fo
wome
to
delimitatio .The
cha ged
political
e vi o me t
a d
the
fact
that
the
gove me t
may
w ite
i to
the
ew
bill
all
the
assu a ces
it
has
made
ve bally
may
have
pe suaded
his
pa ty
a d
DMK
to
co side
a
ethi k.NCP
MP
Sup iya
Sule
had
ea lie
suggested
that
if
the
bill
p oposes
a
ise
i
Lok
Sabha
seats
of
eve y
state
by
a
equal
p opo tio ,
it
would
ot
c eate
a y
p oblem,
though
she
had
added
that
they
will
be
pa t
of
oppositio
co sultatio s
befo e
maki g
a
fi al
decisio .
