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'Opposing increase in SC, ST seats': Amit Shah on INDIA bloc objecting to delimitation bill - top quotes

'Opposing increase in SC, ST seats': Amit Shah on INDIA bloc objecting to delimitation bill - top quotes

TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Apr 17, 2026, 19:35 IST

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'Opposing increase in SC, ST seats': Amit Shah on INDIA bloc objecting to delimitation bill - top quotes

Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday addressed the Lok Sabha on the women’s reservation bill, accusing the Congress-led opposition of backing the legislation but with “ifs and buts.”He also described the opposition’s objection to delimitation as opposing an increase in SC/ST seats.Here are Amit Shah’s top quotes:

"No one has objected to the women's reservation. But, if we see closely, all members of the INDI alliance have opposed it by using 'ifs and but'."
"Opposing delimitation means opposing increase in SC/ST seats."
"Nearly 133 members spoke in the House on this important constitution amendment bill, out of which 56 members were women, which will prove to be a record in itself."
"I assure them that if they support us for delimitation, then the value of each vote will have equal value across constituencies."
"If we implement women's reservation based on 543 seats, then 13 seats will get reserved for women, and 26 will remain open in Tamil Nadu."
"If we implement women's reservation based on the 2011 census, then the number of parliamentary seats will reduce by 6. But we are not doing so. We are increasing seats by 50% for every state."
"Even at that time (Emergency), it was the Congress party that deprived the country's people of delimitation, and today too, it is the Congress party that is depriving them of delimitation."
"To make sure that there is confusion in the mind of 140 crore Indians, I want to make it clear that the Narendra Modi Cabinet had decided to hold caste census along with 2026 census."
"The country should not be divided by this ‘north-south’ 'east-west' narrative. We should rise above it. All states and UTs have equal rights in this parliament."
"The women of the country are watching who is creating a hurdle in their way."

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