Discussions have begun in India on expanding the composition of parliament and changing the rules of representation.
Modern.az reports with reference to foreign media that a special session of the parliament dedicated to this issue was held on April 16.
According to the information, taking into account the significant increase in the country's population, it is proposed to increase the number of deputy seats in the lower house of the legislature from the current 543 to 850.
In addition, the idea of enshrining a 33 percent quota for women in parliament and state legislative assemblies has also been put forward.
At the same time, changing the boundaries of constituencies is also on the agenda. However, this initiative is met with strong opposition from the opposition. The opposition believes that such changes could strengthen the positions of the country's poorer and more densely populated northern states in parliament. In those regions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
