Bulldozer tactics: Why Congress is smelling a plot in Parliament's 88-day record
AI summary
India's Parliament set a record by remaining formally open for 88 days after its last sitting, allowing the government to reconvene with minimal notice. Congress alleges this delay is a strategic move to secure the two-thirds majority needed to pass controversial delimitation bills.
Key takeaways
- Parliament's 88-day gap allows the government to reconvene with only two days' notice.
- Congress accuses the Centre of delaying prorogation to assemble a supermajority for delimitation.
- The delimitation bills aim to expand Lok Sabha seats and implement women's reservation.
- Opposition parties previously defeated the constitutional amendment due to insufficient majority support.
Read the original at India Today
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