Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday (April 5, 2026) questioned the basis of the proposed women's reservation, asserting that a fresh census must be completed before taking up the issue of reserving seats for women in Parliament and State Assemblies.
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In a post on X, Mr. Yadav said any policy must rest on accurate data, arguing that the women's reservation framework is flawed if it relies on outdated population figures of the 2011 Census.
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"The basis of reservation is one-third of total seats, which is purely a mathematical issue depending on numbers. Numbers, in turn, must be derived from population data, and that comes from a census. If old 2011 data is used to determine the women's population, the very foundation of the reservation becomes incorrect," he said.
