Despite convening a special session and two days of discussion and appeals, the government could not secure the opposition’s support. The women’s reservation bill did not pass in the Lok Sabha as it failed to get a two-thirds majority. Following this incident, the Prime Minister blamed the opposition camp. It is reported that in the cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister targeted the opposition, effectively calling them misogynistic, and said, “The opposition made a mistake, they will have to face the consequences.”
It is reported that due to the bill not passing in parliament, the Prime Minister expressed his anger against the opposition in Friday’s cabinet meeting. He stated, “The opposition made a mistake. They will have to bear the consequences. They will have to answer to the women of the country.” Not only that, targeting the opposition’s actions as an anti-women step, he said, “They have dashed the hopes of the country’s women. Their misdeed must be communicated to every village, to every person in the country. So that the nation knows their true nature.”
The Prime Minister said, “They have dashed the hopes of the country’s women. Their misdeed must be communicated to every village, to every person in the country. So that the nation knows their true nature.”
The government had been working hard to pass three bills in the three-day special session. The first of these was to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women. This bill was named the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Act’. The second was the Lok Sabha seat delimitation bill. And the third was the Union Territories law amendment bill. However, the opposition alleged that under the guise of women’s reservation, the government was trying to change India’s electoral map. The opposition camp united in opposing the bill. During the voting, while 298 votes were cast in favor of the bill, 230 were cast against. 528 MPs participated in the vote. To pass, the bill required a two-thirds majority, i.e., 352 votes. As this was not achieved, the bill ultimately could not be passed.
It is noteworthy that the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Act’ bill was passed in parliament in 2023. The bill stated that 33 percent of seats would be reserved for women. It was also stated that seat delimitation would occur after the census. Then, 33 percent of those seats would be reserved for women. But now the center is not waiting for the census. The government’s goal was to delimit seats based on the 2011 census. Based on that delimitation, seats would be reserved for women. Simultaneously, the opposition alleges that the government wants to delimit Lok Sabha seats under the cover of women’s reservation. The INDIA bloc united in opposing this. Not only that, the opposition camp is set to write to the Prime Minister demanding the immediate implementation of the bill that was passed in 2023.
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