'They made a big mistake': PM Modi directs ministers to expose opposition's 'anti-women' stand

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday said the Congress and different absorption parties volition person to wage a terms for not supporting the measure aimed astatine aboriginal implementation of women’s reservation, and asked Union ministers to exposure the Opposition’s "anti-women" mindset earlier the public, quality bureau PTI reported quoting sources.At a Union Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister reiterated his government’s committedness to instrumentality women’s preservation by the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.According to sources, PM Modi said the absorption had made a “big mistake” by not voting successful favour of the Bill and would look consequences for opposing it.He is besides learnt to person asked his Cabinet colleagues to instrumentality this connection to the grassroots and each village, and item the Opposition’s "anti-women" mindset among people.PTI sources added that PM Modi directed ministers to stock messages criticising the opposition’s basal connected their societal media platforms.The Constitution amendment Bill to instrumentality the women’s preservation instrumentality failed to unafraid the required two-thirds bulk successful the Lok Sabha connected Friday.The Prime Minister is besides learnt to person said that aft taking specified a basal successful the Lok Sabha, absorption parties are present trying to warrant their presumption and screen up their actions.

Several ministers besides spoke during the Cabinet meeting, expressing their views connected the opposition’s stance, sources added.This comes aft the women's preservation measure and delimitation measure was defeated successful the Lok Sabha amid absorption backlash implicit the government's approach.The Constitution Amendment Bill aimed to reserve 33% of seats for women successful the Lok Sabha and authorities assemblies. However, it failed to unafraid a two-thirds bulk to walk the Lok Sabha.The Bill received lone 298 votes successful its favour, portion 230 MPs opposed it, aft a heated statement that began connected Thursday and went past midnight into Friday.Earlier successful the day, Congress person Priyanka Gandgi Vadra hailed the decision of the Delimitation Bill successful the Parliament arsenic a "victory of democracy" and accused the Centre of hatching a conspiracy to change the national operation of the country.While addressing a property conference, Priyanka said that Centre is readying to enactment successful powerfulness utilizing Women."What happened yesterday was a immense triumph for democracy. The government's conspiracy to change the national operation and weaken ideology was defeated and stopped. This was a triumph for the Constitution, a triumph for the country, and a triumph for the unity of the opposition, and it was intelligibly disposable connected the faces of the ruling enactment leaders," the Congress person said.The BJP has accused absorption parties of blocking a historical betterment aimed astatine ensuring 33 per cent preservation for women successful Parliament and authorities assemblies. Union location curate Amit Shah alleged that parties similar Congress, TMC, and others prevented the transition of the measure and warned of governmental consequences.