Women’s reservation Bill rushed by govt. to sidestep caste count, says Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party (SP) president and erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav connected Tuesday accused the Union authorities of rushing done the women’s preservation Bill without capable consultation, alleging that the determination is aimed astatine ensuring that the ongoing caste number – to beryllium undertaken arsenic portion of the 2027 Census – is not factored into the implementation of the 33% preservation for women up of the 2029 Lok Sabha election.

Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Yadav questioned the ground for proceeding with delimitation without updated colonisation data. “Why has the authorities decided to person delimitation without the latest Census data? After agreeing to behaviour a caste count, wherefore is the authorities not accounting for it portion bringing successful far-reaching authorities specified arsenic the women’s preservation Bill?” helium said.