Congress hits streets over women’s quota; CM dubs Oppn. party ‘anti-women’

The Opposition Congress connected Sunday demanded the contiguous implementation of 33% women’s preservation wrong the existing 543 seats of the Lok Sabha, accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to “mislead the nation” by utilizing the contented for governmental purposes.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the BJP’s sole pistillate CM, deed retired astatine the Congress, calling the enactment “anti-women” and saying the decision of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill had exposed the “anti-women” stance of the expansive aged party. The Bill, which projected 33% preservation for women successful legislatures from 2029 and an summation successful Lok Sabha seats to 816, was defeated successful the Lok Sabha connected Friday.