YSRCP chief Jagan hits out at Opposition over Women’s Bill defeat

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the parties which opposed the bill to amend the Women’s Reservation Act in Parliament should question themselves on what they have achieved.​

After the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to get a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, Jagan Mohan Reddy took to ‘X’ to pose a question to the parties that voted against it.​

He voiced apprehension that if delimitation is undertaken based on the 2026 census, the situation would be worse for the



South.​

He posted, “Opposing parties should seriously question themselves; what have they achieved? While the reality is that the numbers would come down for the South, the women’s reservation bill has been postponed! Justice is rendered neither to the South nor to the women! If the 2026 census were to come, the situation would be worse off for the South, further penalised for being disciplined in the matters of family planning.”​

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila Reddy said in her reaction that the BJP’s deceptive ploy in the name of women’s reservation has failed. ​