No loss to Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha seats will only increase: Amit Shah
Live "The provision of 33 per cent reservation in panchayats and municipalities was first introduced in the House by the Indian National Congress government under the leadership of the late Rajiv Gandhi. Congress supports women’s reservation but this debate is not on that; the bills smell of politics,” she said.
Congress General Secretary and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra trained her guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his speech on the Women’s Reservation Bill was incomplete and provided no information. "BJP claims to champion women’s reservation, but history tells a different story," she began her speech among cheers from Opposition leaders. "The PM's speech did not mention a word in the Constitution amendment Bill on process for increasing the number of seats in Lok Sabha," she said on the delimitation issue.
Speaking further, KC Venugopal took a swipe at PM Modi, mentioning Indira Gandhi, India's first woman prime minister, saying she had demonstrated strong leadership. He also acknowledged that the Congress had earlier passed the Bill in only one House, but questioned the government’s inaction over the past nine years.
