Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a “U-turn” on the implementation of the women’s reservation law, the Congress on Monday (April 6, 2026) said the Prime Minister was attempting to use the issue for electoral gains ahead of Assembly elections in several States.
Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said the Prime Minister, while campaigning in Assam, had appealed for unanimous support to the women’s reservation legislation during the special session of Parliament, even though the measure had already been passed unanimously in 2023.
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In a post on social media platform X, Mr. Ramesh said the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, which provides for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, had been passed unanimously by Parliament in September 2023 and the Congress had demanded its implementation from the 2024 election itself.
“But the Modi Govt introduced a condition that the reservation will come into effect only after delimitation and census is completed. This is Article 334-A that had got inserted then. Now all of a sudden to divert public attention from the grave economic crisis and in order to influence voters in the five states the PM has decided that Article 334-A should be amended to do away with delimitation and census pre-requisite,” he said.
