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NCP (Sharad faction) MP Supriya Sule on Saturday said her party is ready to support the BJP’s proposal to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats by 50%. Along with this, there has also been talk of implementing women’s reservation.
Sule said that BJP had called opposition leaders to the meeting to discuss the delimitation bill. In the meeting, BJP proposed to increase Lok Sabha seats by 50% in all the states.
However, Sule clarified that the NCP-SP has not yet taken a formal decision to support the bill. The party has not received an official copy of the proposed bill.
He said that the party also wants to discuss this proposal with the INDIA alliance partners. If all parties agree, NCP-SP is ready to support it.
Party wants both women’s reservation and delimitation bills
Supriya Sule said that her party wants to see both the delimitation and women’s reservation bills passed. For this it is necessary to create a broad political consensus.
Supporting the proposal to increase Lok Sabha seats, he said that having smaller constituencies would make it easier for MPs to reach out to voters. With this, administration and development work can also be done in a better way.
Explained the need by giving the example of Baramati
Supriya Sule gave the example of her Baramati Lok Sabha constituency. He said that earlier the number of voters here was around 10-12 lakh, which has now increased to around 20-22 lakh.
He said that it has become difficult to reach every village and area in such a large area. It is not possible to meet the needs of every area with just Rs 5 crore of MP fund. According to Sule, division of constituencies is necessary for effective administration and development.
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