Modi Targets Congress, SP 'Women’s Reservation Bill'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted the Indian National Congress and the Samajwadi Party, accusing them of being “anti-women” during his address at the inauguration of the Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district. 

He alleged that the Samajwadi Party opposed the Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment, which aimed to provide reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies from 2029. Modi said both parties have demonstrated an anti-women stance in recent times.

“The Samajwadi Party is



both anti-development and anti-women. In recent days, the country has once again witnessed the anti-women face of the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. 

The Central NDA government had brought the Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment, and if it had passed, women would have received reservations in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies starting from the 2029 elections,” he said. 

He added that the amendment would have enabled a large number of women to be elected to legislatures without reducing seats from other categories.