1.   Pawar will now be leader of the Congress delegation in the lawmaking lower house of Parliament.

2.   Nearly all political parties in the Lok Sabha, the lawmaking lower house of Parliament, have agreed to support the legislation.

3.   The minorities are given separate seats in the National Assembly, which is the powerful lawmaking lower house of Parliament.

4.   Zardari did not seek a seat in the more powerful lawmaking lower house of parliament.