Akhilesh Yadav urges government to implement women’s quota after caste census

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav connected Thursday (April 16, 2026) asked the Union authorities to operationalise the women’s preservation instrumentality lone aft completing the caste census, accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of reducing “nari” (women) to a specified “nara” (slogan).

Participating successful the statement successful the Lok Sabha connected 3 Bills seeking to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam and acceptable up a delimitation commission, the Samajwadi Party main alleged that the authorities was utilizing the projected changes to hold the Census portion pushing for an aboriginal delimitation.