Rajya Sabha proceedings during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on April 1, 2026.
| Photo Credit: ANI The Budget session of Parliament is unlikely to end on April 2 as per the original schedule. Sources said that government is mulling reconvening Parliament on April 16 to debate amendments to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, popularly known as the Women’s Reservation Act 2023, with an aim to speed up its implementation. The government has proposed that the delimitation, the essential step towards implementing the Women’s Reservation Act 2023, will be based on the 2011 Census instead of waiting for the ongoing enumeration to conclude. According to sources, the Lok Sabha Secretariat was asked to look at precedents when a session of Parliament was extended beyond its schedule to accommodate additional legislative business. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also conveyed to its allies the possible dates for this debate, the sources said.
Published: April 1, 2026 4:41 pm
Source: The Hindu — Read original