India’s Parliament Expansion and the North-South Divide

UNFAIR. PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. MENAKA: IT IS LIKE YOU SAID, ALL PARTIES AGREE AND HAVE APPROVED, RATHER, A LAW THAT REQUIRES 33% OF THE SEATS IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT TO BE RESERVED FOR WOMEN.THE QUESTION WAS WHEN WILL THIS COME INTO EFFECT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MEN WERE NOT WILLING TO PART WITH THEIR SEATS, PLUS INDIA HAS FOR DECADES NOT EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF SEATS COMMENSURATE WITH THE INCREASE IN POPULATION. THE WOMEN RESERVATION ISSUE WAS LINKED TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS DELIMITATION, OR ...