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Women’s groups protest for unconditional 33% quota
Women's organisations under the 'National Coalition for Women's Reservation' protested in Delhi on Friday, demanding the unconditional implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill in the current Monsoon session of Parliament. The Constitution…
The Story in Brief
Women's organisations under the 'National Coalition for Women's Reservation' protested in Delhi on Friday, demanding the unconditional implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill in the current Monsoon session of Parliament. The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, passed in 2023, reserves 33% of seats for women but only after a census and delimitation exercise.
Protesters accused the BJP-led government of linking the Bill to delimitation to foster communal polarisation, citing elections in Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. The government is consulting opposition parties on the Delimitation Bill. The All India Progressive Women's Association also flagged that many women have been removed from electoral rolls, The Hindu reports.
The Indian Opinion
The demand for immediate 33% reservation is understandable, but the framing that the government is deliberately stalling misses context. The 2023 law itself tied implementation to a census and delimitation, not a new hurdle. The government is now in cross-party talks on the Delimitation Bill, which will decide the actual rollout. The charge of 'communal polarisation' feels like a political shortcut. The real test is whether the Women's Reservation Bill gets tabled in this Monsoon session itself.
Source: thehindu.com
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