Govt braces for defeat of Women and Delimitation Bills? :::::: Amit Shah slams Opposition ... says all of them opposed the Women Quota Bill by using "Ifs and buts"

Govt braces for defeat of Women and Delimitation Bills? 

Amit Shah says - "If they do not vote, the Bill will fall ... but outside you will not be able to face the wrath of women's anger.  By now they know ... who are the real hurdles"  

 "No one has objected to the women's reservation. But, if we see closely, all members of the INDI alliance have opposed it by using 'ifs and but' ", says Union Home Minister Amit Shah, replying to the debate on the Women's Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill in the Lok Sabha.

Amit Shah said: "Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Keralam - the strength of these five states in the 543 parliamentary seats is currently 129, which is 23.76%. 

After a 50% increase, when we allocate the seats for these five states, it will rise from 129 to 195, which will represent 23.87% in 816 seats. No one will be at a loss."

"Those opposing delimitation are actually opposing an increase in SC/ST seats," says Union Home Minister Amit Shah. "I assure them that if they support us for delimitation, then the value of each vote will have equal value across constituencies," he said. 

Shah said creating the north-south narratives was an ill-motive design. 

"Desh ka vivajan karke koi satta prapt nahi kar paogey" 

In his intervention in Lok Sabha on Thursday, PM Modi had said:

"I believe that (women's) voice in this ⁠house will bring new strength, fresh thinking, and a greater sense of sensitivity".

The government ​said the alterations to boundaries reflected population changes since seats were last fixed after a 1971 census.

OPPOSITION SAYS ​BOUNDARIES MOVE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

The NDA government does not have the two-thirds majority it needs to get the measures through both houses of parliament.

The hope to convince some smaller parties and opposition groups to back the bills perhaps did not yield expected results.

Larger ​opposition groups said they supported quotas for women, but accused the government of seeking to manipulate the ​system to get more votes.

Shah also said:

"In 1972, the then PM Indira Gandhi's government brought the Delimitation Bill and increased the number of seats from 525 to 545, and then froze it at this. 

In 1976, to save power during the Emergency period, the 42nd Amendment imposed a ban on delimitation. 

Even at that time, it was the Congress party that deprived the country's people of delimitation, and today too, it is the Congress party that is depriving them of delimitation."