Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) said the "U-turn Ustad" now wants to implement the women's reservation law without completing the delimitation and census operations.

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It said the Prime Minister has let it be known that a "special two-day session" will be convened in the next fortnight to pass the amendments necessary to implement the law.

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The Opposition party alleged that this was a "weapon of mass diversion" to change the narrative from "foreign policy failures and setbacks and from the LPG and energy crisis facing the country".