New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday credited the Opposition INDIA bloc’s unity for the defeat of the Amendment Bill related to the women’s reservation in Lok Sabha. “The Amendment Bill has fallen. They used an unconstitutional trick in the name of women to break the Constitution. India has seen it. INDIA has stopped it. Hail the Constitution,” he said on social media platform X.Earlier, LoP Gandhi’s ‘magician’ barb, purportedly aimed at the P…
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New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Neeraj Shekhar, son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, on Friday expressed gratitude to people across the country for remembering his father on his 100th birth anniversary. Speaking to reporters, Neeraj Shekhar said, “Our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have great respect for my father. I am grateful to everyone who remembered him today. They consider him a true ‘Jan Nayak’. I would also urge the you…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Former IPS officer and ex-Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, on Friday said that if Parliament fails to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill, women voters may decisively support those who commit to ensuring one-third representation in the 2029 Parliament and State Assemblies. She emphasised that women are now demanding a genuine role in governance and policymaking. Taking to social media platform X, Bedi wrote, “If Parliament misses passing the #WomensQuot…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday clarified that the representation of the states in the southern part of India would not diminish after the delimitation exercise, rather their strength will increase in the Lok Sabha. He also underlined that the Cabinet has decided to include caste count in the census. In a response to the Opposition’s allegations that delimitation will be harmful for states like Tamil Nadu and Telangana, Union Minister Shah gave a state by sta…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the Women Reservation Bill will help change the “disha and dasha” (direction and condition) of the country’s politics by involving half of the population of the nation in decision-making.Outlining the benefits of women’s reservation in achieving Viksit Bharat @2047, PM Modi said all those who have opposed this provision have been taught a lesson by women voters.“We are privileged that we have an opportunity to …
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress MP K.C. Venugopal on Thursday opposed the government’s move to take up the Delimitation Bill alongside the Constitution Amendment Bill for discussion and passage in the Lok Sabha, arguing that combining the legislations was not an appropriate parliamentary practice.Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal rose in the House to table the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Delimitation Bill 2026, marking a key step in the legislat…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Thursday said that while his party supports the Women’s Reservation Bill, it opposes the proposed delimitation exercise. He added that the INDIA bloc would vote against the delimitation-related proposal, asserting that the government may not have sufficient numbers to pass it. Speaking to reporters, Karti Chidambaram said, “The timing of the Parliament session itself is very devious. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are yet to go to the p…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday intensified its attack on the Centre over the Women’s Reservation Bill and the proposed delimitation exercise, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being “anti-women” and acting without adequate consultation on key constitutional changes.Congress spokesperson Surendra Rajput criticised the government for delaying the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, stating, “The Bharatiya Janata Party’s anti-women face has been …
Amaravati, April 14 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to the heads of political parties in the state and Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members from the state seeking their support in Parliament for the Women’s Reservation Bill.He has requested them to extend their support to the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Constitution Amendment Bill, which aims to implement 33 per cent reservations starting from the 2029 elections. The national president of the Telugu Desam Par…