Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that to implement the women reservation at the next General Elections in 2029, the delimitation exercise needs to be undertaken at the earliest, based on the latest available Census figures, as published. He said this, while replying to the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on social media today.

Mr Rijiju said, the (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) shall come into effect after an exercise of delimitation is undertaken. The Minister highlighted that the exercise for publishing the census figures is currently underway. He added that this may take substantial time due to caste based census to be finally published and it may result in considerable delay in the implementation of women reservation, at least not before 2034 General Elections. Mr Rijiju also said that the implementation methodology has been proposed under the Delimitation Bill 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha along with the amendments to the Constitution. The Minister emphasized that the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 which was introduced for this purpose has been defeated.