Congress lawmaker Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the women’s reservation issue to prepare ground for the 2029 general elections.
She questioned the government’s intent to link the women’s quota law with delimitation and the rush to push the proposed delimitation on the basis of 2011 census.
Priyanka Gandhi claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi “cannot be trusted” and asserted that a caste census is important as women from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) also need to be given their due.
She further claimed that despite the “hollow assurances” by the PM and other ministers, “it is certain that the representation of smaller states would be altered.”
Priyanka Gandhi also challenged PM Modi to roll out the 33% women’s reservation on the current 543 seats of the Lok Sabha.
