Ahmedabad: The Union govt must roll out the 33% women’s reservation law from the upcoming Bihar assembly election, demanded All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba, speaking in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. She added that the Congress party is planning to hold protests for the implementation of the law at the earliest.
“Failure to implement the law will bring out women workers on the streets in Bihar and other states. Delay in implementing the law is akin to betrayal of India’s women. The BJP is in power at the Centre since 2014, but the women’s reservation law was passed just ahead of the 2024 general election,” she told reporters at the GPCC headquarters after Geeta Patel formally took over as the state Mahila Congress president.
“If the law is not enforced, women Congress workers will come out on the streets in every district to fight for their rights. The first state will be Bihar, where assembly polls are due in 2025. If the BJP govt at the Centre has the right intention, then it should implement the women reservation law, and implement it from Bihar,” Lamba said.
The women’s reservation bill seeks to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It is known as the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent in Sep 2023.
Lamba also accused the BJP govt of protecting Prantij MLA Gajendrasinh Parmar, who is facing a rape charge. “It is a matter of sadness and misfortune that the BJP govt is proving to be a complete failure in providing security to the daughters of Gujarat,” she said.
“Failure to implement the law will bring out women workers on the streets in Bihar and other states. Delay in implementing the law is akin to betrayal of India’s women. The BJP is in power at the Centre since 2014, but the women’s reservation law was passed just ahead of the 2024 general election,” she told reporters at the GPCC headquarters after Geeta Patel formally took over as the state Mahila Congress president.
“If the law is not enforced, women Congress workers will come out on the streets in every district to fight for their rights. The first state will be Bihar, where assembly polls are due in 2025. If the BJP govt at the Centre has the right intention, then it should implement the women reservation law, and implement it from Bihar,” Lamba said.
The women’s reservation bill seeks to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It is known as the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent in Sep 2023.
Lamba also accused the BJP govt of protecting Prantij MLA Gajendrasinh Parmar, who is facing a rape charge. “It is a matter of sadness and misfortune that the BJP govt is proving to be a complete failure in providing security to the daughters of Gujarat,” she said.