Kharge flags concerns over delimitation plan at CWC meeting

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge warned that the proposed delimitation exercise linked to the women's quota law could have serious consequences and said the party would work with opposition leaders to form a united strategy after detailed discussions

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the Modi government’s proposed delimitation exercise to implement the women’s quota law would have “grave consequences” and warrants thorough deliberation, asserting that his party would formulate a collective strategy with others in the opposition to move forward “unitedly” on this issue.

Kharge said the Modi government is convening a sitting of Parliament from April 16 with the sole intention of securing political advantage, which is a “violation” of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), and is keen to pass the Constitutional Amendment Bill in “utmost haste”.

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Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) here, he said the proposed amendments are of such a nature that they can potentially have a profound impact on the country’s electoral system.

“Therefore, following this meeting, we will formulate a collective strategy by holding discussions on these issues with our colleagues in the opposition as well. We will move forward unitedly,” Kharge asserted.

The meeting, chaired by Kharge, was attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and Sachin Pilot, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, among others.