'India has seen it, INDIA has stopped it': Rahul Gandhi after women quota bill fails in Lok Sabha
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-has-seen-it-india-has-stopped-it-rahul-gandhi-after-women-quota-bill-fails-in-lok-sabha/articleshow/130336976.cms">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/130336976.cms" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 5px;" />Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused the government of an "unconstitutional trick" after the women's reservation bill failed in the Lok Sabha.
He stated the INDIA bloc stopped the bill, which they viewed as an attempt to alter India's electoral structure, not a women's bill.
The Congress urged the government to implement 33% reservation for women in the 2029 elections.
Women's quota bill fails in India
- Defeat for delimitation, not women’s reservation, says a triumphant opposition Times Of India —
- Women's quota, delimitation: Opposition kills bill in Lok Sabha, it's NDA govt's first legislative defeat Times Of India —
- India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row The Guardian —
- Bill to reserve seats for women lawmakers fails in India's lower house AP News —
- India fails to pass Parliament expansion Bill linked to quotas for women The Straits Times —