Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) will support the Union government’s proposed delimitation bill if it provides for a 50% increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats for all states, party leader Supriya Sule said on Wednesday.Her remarks came amid reports that some NCP(SP) leaders favour a tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra.The speculation intensified after leaders of the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction, which is part of the state’s ruling coalition, and the NCP(SP) held a meeting at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ residence. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP group is part of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance that includes Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction and the Congress.Sule’s remarks also came ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which will begin on July 20.In April, the NCP(SP) was among the Opposition parties that voted against the 2026 Constitution 131st Amendment Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha. The draft legislation proposed to amend the 2023 Women’s Reservation Act and redraw the boundaries of electoral constituencies.The bill, one of the three draft legislations that were introduced, required a two-thirds majority of votes in Parliament to pass. The ruling National Democratic Alliance does not have a two-thirds majority of MPs in any House. Therefore, it required the support of Opposition parties to pass the amendment.The consideration of the bill was rejected by the Lok Sabha with 298 MPs voting in its favour and 230 against. With 528 MPs present in the Lower House, the bill would have required the support of 352 of them.After the bill was defeated in the Lok Sabha, the government withdrew the two other legislations, saying that they were linked and therefore could not be taken up for consideration separately.On Wednesday, Sule told reporters that her party’s position on the delimitation bill had not changed.“If the Union government amends the Delimitation Bill by bringing a 50% increase in seats, then we will support it,” she said. “This is not something new that I am saying. We have always maintained that we will support the bill if these amendments are brought.”#WATCH | Mumbai: NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule says, "... We have neither held discussions with anyone regarding delimitation, nor has anyone approached us about it. We will formulate our stance once the bill is introduced. However, we will discuss any upcoming bill in detail within… pic.twitter.com/2fsSNfFKPX— ANI (@ANI) July 15, 2026