Congress rebuffs NCP-Sule over delimitation support terms
· India · Indian Express, NDTV
Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar told NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule she cannot cite the Congress party's name while supporting the Delimitation Bill. Sule had said her party could back the Bill in principle if every state gets a uniform 50 per cent rise in Lok Sabha seats, irrespective of population. She referenced the 2007 delimitation exercise carried out when the Congress was in power, noting her Baramati constituency boundaries changed then. Wadettiwar countered that the earlier delimitation only adjusted reserved constituencies and did not increase their number or divide them for convenience.
Why it matters
The exchange highlights a growing rift between Congress and its NCP-SP ally over the terms and political framing of the proposed Delimitation Bill, with Congress warning allies against invoking its name while the Bill's seat-sharing formula remains disputed.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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