Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the nation tonight at 8:30 PM. It is likely that the Prime Minister will speak on the issue of the Women's reservation bill which failed to pass in Parliament after the opposition blocked it.
Earlier former Union Minister Smriti Irani lambasted the Congress and other INDIA bloc allies for failing to unite behind the move to give 33% reservation to women in Parliament.
Smriti Irani said, "The women of the country were told that the Congress party has created a dream that holds the intention of securing political rights for women.
What has become of that intention after 98
years was seen yesterday by women across the country in the nation's Parliament.
The Congress party smiled, thumped desks, and celebrated politically yesterday as they crushed the aspirations of the nation's political awakening. But for the BJP, this is not just a struggle for power; it is a fight for the right to equality.
Women will remember that during six decades of Congress rule, 11 crore women in this country were deprived of access to toilets.
Women will remember that 25 crore women were denied the support to open bank accounts. Women will remember that under BJP-NDA, the first gender budget framework was introduced."