Don't bulldoze delimitation Bill again, call all-party meet: Kharge to Modi

Flagging the "unprecedented" delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call an all-party meeting to discuss any new delimitation proposals, and cautioned him against any attempts to bulldoze a "far-reaching" Constitutional Amendment Bill.

In a letter to Modi, Kharge said it has already been 64 days since the Monsoon Session was adjourned sine die on August 13, and both Houses of Parliament are yet to be prorogued.

Terming the scenario unprecedented, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said he had first written to the prime minister on April 11 to convene an all-party meeting before bringing any Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation.

"You did not do so.

Thereafter, you made the Bills public on the late evening of April 14, and convened a special session on April 16.

The Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority in th