A special session of India's Parliament beginning on April 16 is expected to discuss a constitutional amendment that would increase the size of the lower house from 543 to 850 members, Bloomberg reported on April 15. To pass the constitutional amendment, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, needs a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which it cannot secure on its own and will require the support of its allies in the National Democratic Alliance, or NDA.