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Indian Politics · 4 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

The Women’s Reservation Clock Is Ticking, and the Opposition’s Outrage Is Missing the Hard Part

Delimitation after the Census will decide how women’s reservation actually enters Parliament. I believe the government deserves credit for creating the constitutional route, while its critics should stop pretending implementation can be detached from representation and federal balance.

By Meenakshi Iyer