The agenda should also include ‘quota within quota for OBC women’ in women’s reservation and Amaravati ORR project, demands PCC vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji
He said the Centre had moved ahead without adequate consultation or discussion with Opposition parties and attempted to bring in the legislation at the last minute through a sudden notification
The Congress party and its allies defeated the relevant amendment Bill, thereby disappointing women across the country, he observes
The Opposition party had also demanded that the Centre immediately implement the women's quota on the existing Lok Sabha strength by bringing a Bill in Parliament's Monsoon Session or May-end.
Their action stalled progress toward implementing reservations as early as 2029 general elections and disadvantaged women across the country, asserts Chandrababu Naidu
Taking a jibe at the Prime Minister for campaigning extensively across West Bengal for the Assembly polls, Kharge asked whether Modi wished to become the Chief Minister of the State
Mahayuti alliance would now launch a massive outreach campaign to collect one crore signatures from women across the State, aiming to build a "people’s mandate" and expose the Opposition’s anti-women stance, says Maharashtra Chief Minister
While the BJP termed the development a “black day” and accused the Congress and other Opposition parties of betraying women, the Congress and its allies asserted that the quota law, passed in 2023, should be implemented immediately
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An official has earlier explained that bringing the law into force was essential as its proposed amendment will not have come into effect without that
The Samajwadi Party chief says the women’s reservation law should be implemented after a caste census so that representation for women from backward communities can be ensured in a fair manner
The women’s quota could be implemented now, the Congress leader says, accusing the Union government of using the Constitution amendment to reshape political representation
While Congress demands an all-party meeting on the Women’s Reservation Act, key INDIA bloc allies meet Amit Shah and signal support for government’s proposal
The Congress has alleged that when the intent behind the Bill is "mischievous" and its content "devious", the extent of damage to parliamentary democracy is enormous
Civil society members and transparency activists expressed concern over the “opaque and non-consultative” manner in which the government was bringing Bills on women’s reservation and delimitation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, April 12, wrote to floor leaders of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, urging them to support the amendments to the women's reservation law during the special three-day session of Parliament.
It proposes delimitation based on 2011 Census and expansion of Lok Sabha strength from 543 to 816 seats
Akhilesh Yadav said any policy must rest on accurate data, arguing that the women's reservation framework is flawed if it relies on outdated population figures of the 2011 Census