New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is being “unfair” in criticising the opposition for defeating the Constitution amendment bill in Parliament, and said “super-arrogant” Home Minister Amit Shah never moved an amendment that would make it clear that the strength of each state in the Lok Sabha would also increase by 50%.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared an interview of Naidu on X in which the Andhra Pradesh chief minister was quoted as saying that the intention of the government was absolutely clear from the beginning and it had stated it on the floor of the House that there will be 50% increase of seats across the states and the proportion of seats will not change.
Naidu said there was only a matter of omission from the text of the Bill and the Opposition unnecessarily made it an issue. Ramesh said the Andhra Pradesh chief minister is being unfair to the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
“On April 16, 2026, the TDP itself had suggested an amendment to the Constitution Amendment Bill being discussed that would make clear that the present strength of each state in the Lok Sabha would also increase by 50%. But the super-confident, super-arrogant Union Home Minister never actually moved such an amendment that the TDP was asking for,” the Congress leader said on X.
“That is the REAL question – what devious game was the self-declared Chanakya — who stood brutally exposed on the evening of April 17 2026 – playing?” Ramesh said.
‘Now the TDP has been overshadowed by an obscure Nationalist Citizens Party of India!” he said. On April 17, the Constitution amendment bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029, and an increase in the number of seats of the Lok Sabha was defeated in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Of 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
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