BJP links implementation of law reserving 33 percent of seats for women to redrawing of parliamentary constituencies.

The largest democracy in the world has rejected a move to increase the number of women in parliament. What could have been a 'beacon' for global women's rights became marred by controversy.

Modi plan of parliament expansion linked to quotas for women fails vote In a major setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, its proposal to expand India's parliament to increase the ...

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political ...

India Parliament blocks Modi’s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women NEW DELHI (AP) — A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house ...

In the unusual urgency to expand the Lok Sabha from 543 to 850 seats as a prerequisite for implementing 33% women's reservation, India appears to have forgotten its own remarkable success stories in ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house of India's Parliament on Friday, along with a separate, linked proposal to expand the national ...