Opposition leaders including Arvind Sawant and Asaduddin Owaisi previously reviewed an idea to uniformly expand constituency numbers by 50 per cent across all states. Supriya Sule pointed out that some Maharashtra constituencies have surged to 40 lakh voters, making governance with current local area development funds impossible. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is open to supporting this flat expansion in the national interest after speaking with allies. Sule also insisted that implementing the already approved women's reservation bill must happen alongside any redrawn boundaries.
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The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is open to a flat 50 per cent constituency expansion after consu…: The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is open to a flat 50 per cent constituency expansion after consulting its alliance partners.
Current MPLADS funding of Rs 5 crore is considered unsustainable for managing constituenc…: Current MPLADS funding of Rs 5 crore is considered unsustainable for managing constituencies that have expanded to millions of voters.
Women's reservation must be prioritized and implemented concurrently with any proposed de…: Women's reservation must be prioritized and implemented concurrently with any proposed delimitation exercise.
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Mumbai, No fresh proposal has been shared by the government regarding delimitation, NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule said on Saturday, while recalling an earlier informal discussion in which a uniform 50 per cent increase in seats across all states was mooted.
Speaking to reporters here, Sule said that around six months ago, the government had called a meeting involving her, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant, and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, where a proposal for a flat 50 per cent seat hike across every state from Kashmir to Kanyakumari was discussed.
According to Sule, the opposition leaders present had felt the suggestion was reasonable given the sharp rise in electorate sizes over the years.
"When I contested for the first time, a constituency had 12 to 13 lakh voters. Today, in the region I come from, the electorate has grown to 25 to 30 lakh, and in several parts of Maharashtra it has reached up to 40 lakh," Sule said.
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