New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government failed to get a change to the constitution passed for the first time in 12 years. This happened on Friday, April 17. The government wanted to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to 850. They said this was to help women get seats.
The opposition parties worked together and stopped the governments plan. Union home minister Amit Shah was not happy. He said the women of the country will not forgive the opposition parties.
The opposition parties were happy that they were able to stop the governments plan. They said the government was trying to trick them by saying they wanted to help women. The government needed 352 votes to pass the change. They only got 298 votes.
The government had brought in three bills on Thursday. These bills were about increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha changing the way seats are divided among states and making changes to laws in Union Territories.
The Womens Reservation Act was passed in 2023. This act said that 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures should be reserved for women.. This act also said that the number of seats would be increased after the next census.
The opposition parties said they support womens reservation.. They did not like the way the government was trying to make big changes to the constitution. They said the government was trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha in a way that would help them.
Amit Shah gave a speech. He said the opposition parties were not supporting womens reservation.. The opposition parties said they do support womens reservation. They just did not like the way the government was trying to make changes to the constitution.
The Congress partys K.C. Venugopal asked Amit Shah if the government would put their promises in writing. Amit Shah said the government was ready to make changes to the bill.. The opposition parties did not believe him.
The Samajwadi Partys Akhilesh Yadav said that the government had made promises in the past but they had not kept them. He said the opposition parties would not believe the governments promises.
The governments bill said that the number of seats in the Lok Sabha would be increased by 50%.. The opposition parties said this was not fair. They said some states would lose seats while others would gain seats.
The bill also said that the delimitation of seats would be based on the 2011 census. The opposition parties said this was not fair because the population of some states had changed a lot since then.
Amit Shah blamed the opposition parties for not supporting womens reservation. He said the women of the country would punish the opposition parties in the election.
The opposition parties were happy that they were able to stop the governments plan. They said the government was trying to trick them. The leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi said that the government had tried to break the constitution. The opposition parties had stopped them.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister, M.K. Stalin thanked Rahul Gandhi for supporting the opposition parties. He said the government had tried to divide the country. The opposition parties had worked together to stop them.
The Trinamool Congress partys Abhishek Banerjee said that the governments plan was not fair. He said the government was trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha in a way that would help them. He said the opposition parties had stopped the governments plan and this was a victory, for them.
The governments plan was. The opposition parties were happy. They said the government was trying to trick them. They had stopped them. The government said they would try again. The opposition parties were ready to stop them again.
