Fall of constitutional amendment bill a defeat for delimitation, not women’s reservation: Opposition | India News
NEW DELHI: A victorious opposition party has hailed the defeat of the Constitutional Amendment Bill as a defeat for restrictions, not protection of women.After the opposition won the vote, Congress the leader Rahul Gandhi Talked to TMC heir and MP Abhishek Banerjee and thanked him for the support. There were concerns that only a few of the 28 TMC MPs might make it to parliament due to the election campaign in Bengal. But the TMC sent 21 MPs after repeated requests from Bharat Bloc leaders who influenced them Mamata Banerjee That debate and turnout was crucial to foiling the Modi government’s demarcation plan. According to sources, Banerjee told Rahul, “the tide is turning against the BJP”.Akhilesh Yadav called it a defeat of BJP hatred.RSP’s NK Premachandran said the failure to pass the bill shows that the BJP needs to consult the opposition on important issues in the country. “This defeat is not due to women’s quota, but through the back door of restrictions,” he said.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maliciously linking quota restrictions for women based on the 2011 census. “But his hollow attempt to present women as messiahs has failed today,” he remarked. Priyanka said, democracy in India would not have survived if the three bills were passed in Parliament.Rahul Gandhi said, “They have used an unconstitutional strategy in the name of women to break the Constitution.” “We have defeated arrogance,” said Congress whip Manikom Thakur.CPI MP Sandosh Kumar said the collapse of the government law shows that there is strong opposition to any attempt to change the balance of representation in the country. She said women in the country should see through the BJP’s approach of delaying women’s quota by linking it with census and delimitation. “This defeat is similar to what we saw during the farmers’ movement, when the unity of the people forced the government to repeal the Agrarian Act.“DMK chief MK Stalin, who has led protests in Tamil Nadu, said his party’s concern was about restrictions, “which need careful thought to ensure, especially for southern states”. He said, the government should have removed the quota for women from the border.
