'Why link it to delimitation?': Rahul Gandhi, Rijiju spar over Women's Reservation Bill
Rahul Gandhi and Kiren Rijiju sparred over the implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill, with Gandhi demanding its implementation without conditions and Rijiju arguing that delimitation is necessary to ensure the quota takes effect from 2029.
Rahul Gandhi and Kiren Rijiju engaged in a heated exchange on X regarding the Women's Reservation Bill. Gandhi questioned why the bill's implementation is being tied to the upcoming delimitation process, to which Rijiju responded that the link is already part of the constitutional framework under the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023.
He explained that the law provides for a 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, but its implementation is contingent upon a delimitation exercise following the publication of census figures. Rijiju further stated that if the government desires the reservation to take effect by the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, delimitation would need to be carried out earlier using the latest available census data.
Brief written by urgent.news from Live Mint's own syndicated text. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
