Amid delimitation Bill buzz, NCP-SP MPs meet PM Modi
NCP(SP) MPs met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking speculation about potential support for the government's upcoming delimitation bill. While the MPs cited development issues as the reason for the meeting, the interaction has caused friction within the opposition alliance.
Why it matters
The potential realignment of regional parties could provide the government with the necessary two-thirds majority to pass significant constitutional amendments regarding electoral boundaries.
NEW DELHI: Eight Lok Sabha MPs of NCP(SP) led by Supriya Sule met PM Narendra Modi on Monday amid buzz that govt is eyeing their support for its constitution amendment bill for delimitation and indications from the governing alliance that it has two-thirds support in Parliament required for the legislation’s passage.Sule and her colleagues said their meeting with Modi was focused on development issues concerning Maharashtra, but, coming as it did days after the party’s patriarch Sharad Pawar met PM ostensibly over similar matters, political circles were agog with speculation that the regional party was coming closer to BJP over its centrepiece bill.Last month, Sule had said her party may consider backing delimitation if all states see an equal 50% rise in their Lok Sabha seats — something which, interestingly, forms the core of the bill — while insisting that NCP(SP) will take a final decision in consultation with its…
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