Shweta Desai

Shweta Desai is an independent journalist and researcher based in Mumbai.

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On 17 April, the government of India introduced three bills, clubbed together, which sought to introduce a women's quota while laying out ground rules for delimitation and increasing the size of the Lok Sabha. India's opposition charged that the BJP government was trying to push through constitutional amendments that will allow them to entrench power. While the bills were defeated, the BJP is now trying to achieve a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

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