The Editorial Page: Trump’s Munir-Modi balancing will not bring back India-Pak hyphenation 8 FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026 Journalism of Courage MUMBAI, LATE CITy, 16 PAGES ₹5.00 l www.indianexpress.com DA I Ly F R O M : A H M E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA R H , D E L H I , j A I P U R , KO L K ATA , L U C K N O W , M U M B A I , N AG P U R , PAT N A , P U N E , vA D O DA R A REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 ‘TEHRAN TO GIVE UP ENRICHED URANIUM’ 94 122 150 76 Happening today lFRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron and British PM Keir Starmer will co-host a meeting to discuss a plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz. TRACK THIS AND MORE ON www.INDIANExPrEss.cOm Iran has pledged not to have nukes; may visit Pak if deal done: Trump Says if deal with Iran happens, ‘oil goes way down... you won’t have a nuclear holocaust’ Reuters Washington, April 16 USPRESIDENTDonaldTrump said on Thursday that if a deal with Iran to conclude the war is reached and signed in Islamabad, he might go, and that Iran SC says Bengal voters cleared by Tribunals before polls can vote First phase days away and 27 lakh voters deleted, daunting task ahead Ananthakrishnan G & Sweety Kumari New Delhi, Kolkata April 16 INAsignificantdecisionforthe WestBengalpolls,theSupreme Court has allowed voters clearedbyAppellateTribunals, set up for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, to vote in the As- DECISION 2026 WEST BENGA L sembly elections — provided theirappealsaredecidedbefore April 21 and 27, respectively, for »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LOK SABHA DEBATES BILLS ON WOMEN QUOTA, DELIMITATION, HOUSE STRENGTH INCREASE Pass the Bill, or women of India won’t forgive: PM to Parliament 2023lawcomes intoforceas NDAshortof numbers,Govt weighsoptions US President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday. AP ISRAEL, LEBANON AGREE TO TRUCE: TRUMP, PAGE 12 Liz Mathew, Vikas Pathak & Deeptiman Tiwary has agreed to almost everything. “If a deal is signed in IslamabadImaygo,”Trumpsaid. “They want me.” »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 New Delhi, April 16 Visitors watch the proceedings in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. PTI RELATED REPORTS, PAGE 7 Govtshould ‘Delimitation will not discriminate against any state, proportion of seats nominate in Lok Sabha will remain the same’ membersto TataTrusts,say Vikas Pathak 16 New Delhi, April sometrustees ADDRESSING CONCERNS George Mathew Mumbai, April 16 THE GOVERNMENT should consider one or two trustees on the board of Tata Trusts “to restore order and credibility”, according to some trustees. “There is a good case for the government to appoint one or two trustees of high standing like former judges or reputed scientists to restore order and »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 over representation, especially in southern and smaller states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that no state will be discriminated against in the delimitation of constituencies linked to the reservation of seats for women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. He said “the proportion of seats (in Lok Sabha) will not change”. He cautioned Opposition parties that women of the country would not forgive Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha, Thursday. PTI themiftheyweretostallimplementation of the proposed law for “inclusion of 50% of the »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Priyanka, Akhilesh lead Opp charge: Using women quota to change poll map, ignore OBCs Divya A, Asad Rehman, Nikhil Ghanekar & Anonna Dutt E. »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Business as Usual New Delhi, April 16 MOUNTING A scathing attack on the government over its decisiontobringtheBillstothe House in the middle of Assemblyelections,leadersofOpposition parties Thursday accused the BJP of using the plank of reservation of seats for women to push for delimitation of constituencies to seek electoral advantage. The Constitution (131st Amendment)Billtoamendthe WITH THE NDA short of numbers in Lok Sabha for the passage of Constitution amendment Bills linked to reservation of seats for women in Parliament and state Assemblies, the government, as it weighed its options, issued a By EP UNNY Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks in Lok Sabha. PTI women’s quota law was introducedinLokSabhaafteradivision of votes demanded by »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2