Sonia Gandhi, leader of the Congress and parliamentary chairperson of the party, said that redistribution of constituencies is more important than the Women’s Reservation Bill. She described the redistribution process undertaken to increase the seats in the Lok Sabha as an attack on the Constitution. Moreover, she also expressed doubts about bringing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandanam Adhiniyam’ amendment bill during the elections.
A meeting should arranged after the end of the West Bengal Assembly elections to discuss the new proposals brought by the government on reservations and delimitation. The opposition has already written to the government not once but thrice about this proposal. However, Prime Minister rejected this request, which is useful to all. Instead, the Prime Minister is writing editorials, making appeals to political parties and holding other meetings. It is sad that Prime Minister is acting as if ‘my word should be taken’ when it comes to taking decisions. Sonia Gandhi said that the government is trying to discuss these issues in the Parliament in the time of elections for political gain.
Congress party is not opposing idea of allocating 33 percent seats to women MPs in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures. We are only opposing the process of redistribution of constituencies before the 2027 census. Redistribution of constituencies based on Weak available information is not a good practice. Sonia Gandhi urged the central government to bring the ‘Nari Shakti Vandana Adhiniyam’ amendment bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament instead of the special session to be held from April 16 to 18.
