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NEW DELHI: Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge connected Saturday led the absorption complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi aft helium pinned the blasted connected them for the decision of the women’s preservation measure successful the Lok Sabha.In a societal media station connected X, Kharge accused PM Modi of turning an authoritative code into a governmental speech, claiming that helium mentioned Congress 59 times and women hardly a fewer times."A hopeless and frustrated PM with thing meaningful to amusement for the past 12 years, turned an authoritative code to the nation, into a governmental speech, afloat of mudslinging, and outright lies," Kharge said.
"Prime Minister mentioned Congress 59 times and women hardly a fewer times.
That tells the state everything astir his priorities. Women are not the BJP's priority. Congress is, due to the fact that Congress stands connected the close broadside of history. Congress has ever supported women's reservation," helium added.Read also: 'Dreams of 'nari shakti' crushed contempt our champion effort;' PM Modi apologises to nation's women- Top quotesThe Congress main besides highlighted that it took Centre 3 years to notify the Women's Reservation Bill aft it was passed successful the Lok Sabha successful 2023."The BJP could not get that Bill passed successful the Lok Sabha. They brought different Bill successful 2023, and the Congress Party supported that too.
That Bill inactive exists. In fact, it was notified connected 16th April, portion the Lok Sabha was discussing these delimitation Constitutional Amendment Bills. This was done by the aforesaid Prime Minister. The information that it took the BJP 3 years to notify their ain measure shows their committedness to India's Naari Shakti," Kharge said."Modi ji should halt lying to the nation. He should instrumentality 33% preservation for women successful the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats nether the 2023 law.
Do not contradict women their owed practice now. Stop mixing up the delimitation bills, i.e., the 3 Constitution Amendment Bills, with the Women's Reservation Bill. Stop lying to the federation that this was an amendment to the Women's Reservation Bill - the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.
It was NOT. This was purely a delimitation Bill, brought successful to make further part and redraw the electoral representation successful a mode that tin lone payment the BJP," helium added.PM chose to mislead the federation alternatively than code it honestly: Mamata BanerjeeMeanwhile, Mamata Banerjee besides targeted the Prime Minister and said that helium chose to "mislead the federation alternatively than code it honestly."In a station connected X, West Bengal main curate said that the question of TMC opposing the Women's Reservation does not originate and the enactment is fundamentally opposed to delimitation process that Modi authorities was plotting to propulsion done by utilizing women arsenic a shield for its vested governmental agenda."Let maine enactment this connected record. Trinamool Congress has ever championed higher governmental practice for women. We person the highest proportionality of pistillate elected representatives successful some Parliament and the State Legislature. In the Lok Sabha, 37.9% of our elected members are women. In the Rajya Sabha, we person nominated 46% women members. The question of opposing Women's Reservation does not originate and ne'er has," Mamata said."What we are fundamentally opposed to is the Delimitation workout that the Modi Government was plotting to propulsion done by utilizing women arsenic a shield for its vested governmental agenda. What we are fundamentally opposed to is the altering of Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution, the part of this federation and the usurpation of powerfulness done gerrymandering, by redrawing governmental contours to manus greater practice to BJP-ruled states astatine the disbursal of others.
This is an battle connected national democracy. And we volition not ticker it hap successful silence," she added.'This is democracy; this is not a Hitler-style rule': DKSKarnataka lawman main curate D K Shivakumar besides criticised implicit the timing and handling measure and said that the absorption was not taken into confidence.He besides called for wider consultation successful a antiauthoritarian framework.Also read: Women preservation measure fails successful Lok Sabha: Strategic determination oregon mediocre planning?DKS said that Congress has consistently supported women’s reservation, but objected to the mode successful which the Bill was brought forward, alleging that it was introduced without capable treatment with absorption parties.“This is democracy; this is not a Hitler-style rule. They cannot bring it successful the mediate of elections and effort to change the full constituencies,” Shivakumar told reporters here.Responding to BJP’s complaint that the Congress is anti-women, helium said, “This is not anyone’s idiosyncratic property—women are the nation’s asset. We had passed this successful the Rajya Sabha and Congress has already fixed 50 per cent preservation to women successful section bodies.
Even today, we enactment it.”Alleging that the projected changes could interaction determination representation, Shivakumar said, “Without consulting us, they are trying to redraw constituencies, giving much value to North India and reducing practice successful South India. No 1 tin tolerate this.” He added that leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and respective South Indian main ministers person opposed the move, terming the decision of the bills a "major triumph for democracy".Earlier connected Saturday, PM Modi said that the nonaccomplishment of the women’s preservation measure was a setback for women crossed the state and apologised for not being capable to guarantee its transition contempt efforts by his government.This follows a large setback for the authorities successful the Lok Sabha connected Friday. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which projected 33 per cent preservation for women successful legislatures and an summation successful Lok Sabha seats to 816, was defeated.The connection aimed to summation Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816 to instrumentality women’s preservation up of the 2029 parliamentary elections, pursuing a delimitation workout based connected the 2011 Census. It besides planned to grow seats successful authorities and Union Territory assemblies to accommodate the quota.
