"Panic Reaction": Rahul Gandhi On Centre Linking Delimitation, Women's Bill

The manner in which the government is implementing a quota for women - 33 per cent reservation in parliament and state assemblies - is really a bid to change the country's electoral map through delimitation, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi warned parliament Friday afternoon.

Speaking on Day 2 of a special session to pass bills on delimitation and to increase Lok Sabha seats, he said the government had linked these to the Women's Reservation Bill to push through a delimitation that will disadvantage states that have better controlled population growth.