Indian Opposition Gears Up to Discuss Strategy Amid Delimitation and Women's Reservation Bill Stalemate

New Delhi: There is renewed enthusiasm in the opposition camp after the delimitation and women's reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre did not get a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha. Amid the stalemate, the I.N.D.I.A block leaders are going to hold an important meeting in Delhi in the coming days. According to sources, the opposition fears that the government may again bring the delimitation bill in a new form. This meeting will be held immediately after the results of the upcoming assembly elections on May 4, in which the main rationale for finalizing the future strategy and joint movement is that women's reservation should be implemented immediately in the existing 543 seats, while the government is linking it with the proposed delimitation. Opposition leaders believe that the seats in the southern states will be scratched under the pretext of delimitation, which is discriminatory. The opposition alliance is also aggressive about the indications given by Home Minister Amit Shah that there will be a 50 percent increase in seats.