'Using women as decoy': Opposition slams PM Modi over reservation bill address

NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders connected Saturday deed retired astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit his women preservation measure code wherever helium accused the TMC, Congress, DMK and its allies of being blameworthy of "foeticide" by not letting the quota measure walk successful the Lok Sabha."Narendra, the worst signifier of insulting women is to person utilized them arsenic a DECOY* to effort and walk the Delimitation Bill," said TMC MP Derek O Brien.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra dismissed the PM's code arsenic "dramebaazi", adding that "women’s preservation already passed successful 2023 & notified 2 days ago"."Hello @narendramodi - Your dramebaazi & your Godi media publication volition not fell truth- women’s preservation already passed successful 2023 & notified 2 days ago.

NOTHING stops you from implementing it present & giving 1/3 of 543 seats to women the mode TMC has done," she said.

PM Modi, successful his address, termed the decision of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill successful the Lok Sabha, which sought 33% preservation for women and an enlargement of seats to 816 up of the 2029 polls, a large setback for women nationwide, apologising for failing to unafraid its transition contempt authorities efforts.

“Today, I person travel to talk to the mothers, sisters, and daughters of the country. Today, each national of India is seeing however the dreams of India’s women powerfulness person been crushed mercilessly. Despite our champion efforts, we could not succeed. For this, I sincerely apologise to each mothers and sisters," helium said."For us, nationalist involvement comes first. But for immoderate people, erstwhile enactment involvement becomes everything, past women’s empowerment and the nation’s involvement suffer. That is what has happened this clip arsenic well. The selfish authorities of parties similar Congress, DMK, TMC and SP has outgo the women of this country," helium added.