Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday blamed the opposition for the failure of the constitutional amendment to the women's quota in the legislature, calling it an “insult to the Nari Shakti”.
Shah said that the Congress and its allies blocked the passage of the essential constitutional amendment for the law granting 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures and termed it “beyond imagination and reprehensible”.
“Today, a very strange scene unfolded in the Lok Sabha. The Congress, TMC, DMK, and Samajwadi Party did not allow the passage of the essential Constitution Amendment Bill for the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. Rejecting the bill that would grant 33% reservation to women, celebrating it, and raising victory cries over it is truly reprehensible and beyond imagination,” Shah wrote on X.
Amit Shah called it an “insult to Nari Shakti” and warned the opposition that it will not stop here but “travel far and wide.”“The opposition will have to face the 'wrath of women' not only in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, but at every level, in every election, and at every place,” he said.
The 131st constitutional amendment regarding the women's quota in Parliament seats fell flat in the Lok Sabha, despite the bill receiving more yes votes than no.
The proposed legislation received 298 votes in favour and 230 against. This means that while the bill enjoyed a simple majority, it did not command the two-thirds of yes votes required to pass as a constitutional amendment.
