Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:23am on 19 Sep 2023,Tuesday India
The Congress criticized the Women's Reservation Bill as an election gimmick that betrays women. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said linking implementation to the next Census makes it a hollow promise since the 2021 Census was not conducted. He accused the government of headline management without a timeline for actualizing reservations. Ramesh questioned if the required Census and delimitation will be completed before 2024 polls. Dismissing the bill as 'jumla', Congress alleged the government is only seeking votes in the name of women empowerment without genuine intent to enact reservations. The criticism exposes the political faultlines despite broad support for increased representation of women in legislatures.
