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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: A triumphant opposition hailed the fall of the constitutional amendment bill as a defeat for delimitation, and not women\u2019s reservation.After the opposition prevailed in voting, Congress<\/a> leader Rahul Gandhi<\/a> spoke with TMC heir apparent and MP Abhishek Banerjee and thanked him for the support. There was concern that only a few of the 28 TMC MPs may turn up in Parliament because of the election campaign in Bengal. But TMC sent 21 MPs after repeated requests from INDIA bloc leaders who impressed upon Mamata Banerjee<\/a> that presence in debate and voting was important to thwart the Modi govt\u2019s plan on delimitation. According to sources, Banerjee told Rahul, \u201cThe tide is turning against the BJP\u201d.Akhilesh Yadav called it a defeat of BJP’s malice.RSP’s N K Premachandran said the bill\u2019s failure to pass shows that BJP must consult with the opposition on important issues concerning the nation. “This defeat is not of women’s quota, but of delimitation by the backdoor,” he said.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused PM Narendra Modi of maliciously linking the women\u2019s quota to delimitation based on 2011 Census. \u201cBut his hollow attempt to pose as messiah of women has failed today,\u201d she remarked. Priyanka said if the three bills had passed in Parliament, democracy in India would not have survived.Rahul Gandhi said, \u201cThey used an unconstitutional trick in the name of women to break the Constitution.\u201d Congress whip Manickam Tagore said, \u201cWe have defeated arrogance.\u201dCPI MP Sandosh Kumar said the fall of the govt legislation shows that there is a strong opposition to any attempt to change the balance of representation in the country. He said the women of the country must see through the BJP\u2019s approach of delaying women\u2019s quota by linking it to census and delimitation. \u201cThis defeat is similar to what we saw during the farmers\u2019 movement, when people\u2019s unity forced the govt to repeal the farm laws.\u201dDMK chief M K Stalin, who led the protests in Tamil Nadu, said his party\u2019s concern was about delimitation, \u201cwhich requires careful thought to ensure it is fair, especially for southern states\u201d. He said the govt should have delinked women\u2019s quota from delimitation.<\/div>\n