New Delhi: A day after a united opposition defeated a Constitution amendment bill to tweak the women’s quota law and increase the number of seats in legislatures through delimitation, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday accused the Congress of being anti-women, and said it will have to face their wrath.
It has been established that the Congress is anti-women… It will have to face the wrath of the women of the country, Rijiju said.
The opposition is celebrating after depriving women of their rights; women of the country will teach them a good lesson, he added.
The Union minister also accused the Congress of having an anti-women mentality, and said it stands exposed now.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which was defeated in the Lok Sabha, provided for Lok Sabha seats to be increased by up to 50 per cent to operationalise the women’s reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats were also to be increased in state and UT assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
During polling on the bill in the Lok Sabha Friday night, 298 members voted in its support, while 230 MPs voted against it.
Out of 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.