HYDERABAD: Emphasising that neither the Congress party nor the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has everopposed women’s reservation, Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy stronglycondemned the “malicious propaganda” being spread by the BJP.In a video statement on Sunday, the MP alleged that special parliamentarysessions were convened solely to gain political mileage in the elections inTamil Nadu and West Bengal. He accused the BJP of politicising the issue ofwomen’s reservation for electoral gains, while asserting that Congress andthe I.N.D.I.A. bloc fully support its implementation. He questioned why theWomen’s Reservation Bill, passed in 2023, had not yet been implemented after2024.Kiran Kumar Reddy pointed out that delimitation is scheduled to take placeonly after the 2027 Census, as stated earlier by Prime Minister Modi andUnion Home Minister Amit Shah. He clarified that the Congress party and theI.N.D.I.A. bloc are not opposed to women’s reservation but have seriousconcerns over the delimitation process.
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