Akhilesh Yadav calls for women's reservation in Parliament only after fresh census

Samajwadi Party (SP) main Akhilesh Yadav connected Sunday (April 5, 2026) questioned the ground of the projected women's reservation, asserting that a caller census indispensable beryllium completed earlier taking up the contented of reserving seats for women successful Parliament and State Assemblies.

In a station connected X, Mr. Yadav said immoderate argumentation indispensable remainder connected close data, arguing that the women's preservation model is flawed if it relies connected outdated colonisation figures of the 2011 Census.

"The ground of preservation is one-third of full seats, which is purely a mathematical contented depending connected numbers. Numbers, successful turn, indispensable beryllium derived from colonisation data, and that comes from a census. If aged 2011 information is utilized to find the women's population, the precise instauration of the preservation becomes incorrect," helium said.

Using a metaphor, the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister asked if the "foundation itself is faulty, however tin a due result beryllium expected." Accusing the ruling BJP and its allies of attempting to "mislead" women, Mr. Yadav reiterated his party's request for conducting a caller census earlier implementing women's reservation.

"Our superior objection is that a census indispensable beryllium conducted first, and lone past should the contented of women's preservation beryllium taken up." His remarks travel a time aft Prime Minister Modi said that the Budget league of Parliament has been extended for 3 days truthful that the instrumentality enacted successful 2023 for providing 33% preservation to women successful the Lok Sabha and authorities assemblies tin beryllium implemented from 2029.

On Thursday (April 2, 2026), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, portion speaking successful Rajya Sabha, had said the House volition conscionable again soon to see a cardinal legislation.

"We person definite bills and important issues, and we person shared this with the absorption also. We are going to person a precise important measure successful the adjacent two-three weeks," helium said.