NEW DELHI, Sep. 19, 2023 (TBINN)
Opposition today termed as an election jumla the Women’s Reservation Bill brought by the government with many leaders raising questions over the proposed legislation, contending it doesn’t account for reservation for O.B.C. communities and that it will be effective at the earliest by the 2029 Lok Sabha polls.
Meeting a long-pending demand, the government today introduced the Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
However, it is unlikely to be in force for the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024 as the reservation will come into effect only after a census and delimitation exercise get completed.
Calling the bill an election jumla and huge betrayal of hopes of women, Congress said that according to the Centre, the reservation will be effective only after census and delimitation exercise are conducted post-enactment of the bill.
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