"The failure followed a fierce debate, with the government accused of an attack on democracy after it tethered a bill reserving one-third of parliamentary seats for women to a wider, controversial exercise of delimitation."
"Delimitation is one of the most divisive federal issues in India, particularly contentious in more prosperous southern states such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which have reduced population growth in recent years."
"The last time that India's electoral map was redrawn was in 1971 and southern states want those boundaries frozen for another 25 years."
The Indian government could not pass a bill to reserve one-third of parliamentary seats for women, facing accusations of using it to redraw electoral boundaries. This marked the first failure of a constitutional amendment by the BJP government in 12 years. The bill required a two-thirds majority, which was difficult due to the lack of an outright majority. Opposition parties united against the bill, with concerns over the delimitation process favoring populous northern states at the expense of southern states, which fear losing representation.
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