TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Special session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 16, 2026. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI The Trinamool Congress on Thursday (April 16, 2026) said amendments being brought in for implementing the women’s reservation Act were actually a “disguise” for altering the electoral process of the country and bringing in delimitation of constituencies. Questioning the “hurriedness” in bringing in the Constitutional Amendment Bill for implementation of the women’s quota, TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, while participating in the discussion in the Lok Sabha, said her party demanded that 50% of seats should be reserved for women, because Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had given more than 33% of seats to women whenever there had been an electoral contest. Read: Parliament special sitting LIVE Published – April 16, 2026 08:42 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Meet the man from Kozhikode who grew a bamboo forest Humerus: Old vs. new