Bhubaneswar, April 30 (IANS) The members of Odisha Mahila Congress, the party’s women’s wing in the state, on Thursday staged a large protest near the Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar, against the alleged ‘anti-women’ stance of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led double-engine government and demanding immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, ensuring 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. The demonstration followed a public meeting where senior Cong…
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Bhopal, April 27 (IANS) A one-day special session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ witnessed sharp exchanges, procedural disputes, and a walkout by the Opposition Congress on Monday, as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Opposition locked horns over the timing and implementation of women’s reservation. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, while moving the government resolution, said the state had taken a pioneering step by convening a dedicated ses…
Chamarajanagar, April 21 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the Congress party has always supported women’s reservation, and that it was the Congress government that implemented it in local bodies. He was speaking after participating in the laying of the foundation stone and the inauguration of various development works in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday.He said the Bharatiya Janata Party is falsely claiming that the Congress opposed the Women’s Res…
Coimbatore, April 20 (IANS) Campaigning for the AIADMK-led NDA ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections intensified on Monday, with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing a public meeting in Coimbatore and targeting key opposition parties over the issue of women’s reservation.Positioning the women’s quota as a defining electoral issue, the Andhra Pradesh CM urged voters to hold parties accountable for their stand on the legislation. He said the debate over res…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday claimed that the defeat of a constitutional amendment bill for delimitation in the Lok Sabha, ‘which was presented under the guise of women’s reservation’, exposed the government’s “deceptive tactic”.The Thackeray camp in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, said the administration relied on its “Modi hai to mumkin hai” (Modi makes it possible) mantra, “allegedly attempting to secure votes through defection or…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav came down heavily at the Centre over the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ (Women’s Reservation Act) on Sunday, as he accused the BJP of hatching a “sinister gameplan” to mislead the country over women’s reservation and also praised the Opposition parties for “blowing the lid off” of it. Addressing a press conference, the SP chief said that the BJP was attempting to reap political dividends in the name of women’s rights, by di…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Opposition may be celebrating perceived success in keeping the Union government from passing three key Constitution Amendment Bills in the Lok Sabha on Friday after two days of intense debate, but it lost the narrative. Its claim to champion social justice, caste enumeration, and reservation policies will need a rethink and retune, rendering it a political blow even in the midst of a “victory”. By framing the Opposition as anti-women and anti-OBC, the govern…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Former Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a sharp counteroffensive to Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks during the ongoing special session of the Parliament, where the Women’s Reservation Act and the Delimitation Bill are being debated.Akhilesh Yadav, while supporting the principle of one-third reservation for women, took a swipe at the BJP’s internal dynamics.He remarked that reserving sea…
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to support the Delimitation Bill, asserting that it is aimed at empowering women and is not against any particular region.His remarks came after Stalin warned of a massive protest that could “bring the state to a standstill” if the Centre’s proposal resulted in reduced political representation for southern states while increasing that of northern states.Speaking to IANS, A…
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 …