Amit Shah slams Oppn as bill essential for women's quota law fails LS test

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress and its allies for the defeat of a Constitution amendment bill in the Lok Sabha, and said their mindset is neither in the interest of women nor the country. The bill, which failed the LS test, sought to increase the number of seats to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to implement a 33 per cent women's quota in legislative bodies before the 2029 Parliamentary polls. "Rejecting the bill that was essential for 33 per cent reservation to women, celebrating it, and raising victory cries over it was truly reprehensible and beyond imagination," Shah said in a message on X after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed to secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House on Friday night. "How can anyone celebrate victory after deceiving half the country's population -- 70 crore women -- and losing their trust?" he said. Shah termed the Opposition's rejoicing at the bill's defeat "an insult to every woman" who has been ..

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