Kamal Haasan urges Centre to call special Parliament session to pass Private Member's Bill for immediate 33% Women's Reservation

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 19 (ANI): Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan urged the Centre to convene a special session of Parliament to pass a Private Member's Bill seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

Haasan's appeal comes in the wake of the failure of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, which had linked women's reservation to delimitation.

In a post on X posted on Saturday, the actor-turned politician backed a legislative initiative moved by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP P Wilson, emphasising that women's reservation should be implemented within the existing strength of Parliament without being tied to delimitation or census-related processes.

"After the historic fall of delimitation-linked 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, my colleague @PWilsonDMK has introduced a Private Member's Bill to implement 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, without linking it to delimitation.

The Bill also proposes extending the freeze on delimitation till 2051, giving states time to achieve population stabilisation which can be achieved by our North Indian states through genuine women empowerment i. e.

providing access to quality education, quality healthcare, and equal employment opportunities for women. If we are serious about women's empowerment, 33% reservation must be implemented immediately within the current strength of Parliament," he wrote.

Haasan also cautioned against what he termed "backdoor" attempts to introduce delimitation, warning that such moves could disturb India's federal balance. https://x.

com/ikamalhaasan/status/2045532811017494836"Any attempt to bring in delimitation through the back door risks undermining India's federal balance amid existing regional population disparities between the North Indian states and rest of India.