TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Special session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 16, 2026. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday (April 16, 2026) said amendments being brought in for implementing the women’s reservation Act were actually a “disguise” for altering the electoral process of the country and bringing in delimitation of constituencies.

Questioning the “hurriedness” in bringing in the Constitutional Amendment Bill for implementation of the women’s quota, TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, while participating in the discussion in the Lok Sabha, said her party demanded that 50% of seats should be reserved for women, because Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had given more than 33% of seats to women whenever there had been an electoral contest.

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Published – April 16, 2026 08:42 pm IST