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Modi accuses opposition of 'betraying women' after Lok Sabha defeats women's reservation bill
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Following the April 17 Lok Sabha rejection of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, for 33% women's quota post-delimitation, PM Narendra Modi and BJP leaders lambasted opposition parties as anti-women, while critics reiterated concerns over north-south imbalance. Modi to rally women in Varanasi on April 28.
Following the government's circulation of three bills to implement 33% women's reservation in Lok Sabha and assemblies, India's first woman president Pratibha Patil, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, and BSP chief Mayawati have voiced support in letters to PM Narendra Modi.
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The government will likely introduce a 'schedule' in Parliament on Thursday specifying Lok Sabha seats for each state, maintaining their current percentage shares. This accompanies three bills cleared last week for women's reservation and delimitation based on the 2011 Census. Lok Sabha seats for all states will rise by 50% to a total of 850.
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed the Lok Sabha that between 2016 and 2025, the Chief Justice of India's office received 8639 complaints against sitting judges. The highest number, 1170, were recorded in 2024 alone. The government clarified that such complaints are handled through the judiciary's in-house mechanism.
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The passage of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday has armed the ruling BJP politically, while the opposition Congress views it as an attempt to end the rural job guarantee scheme. Congress has planned nationwide protests, claiming the move seeks to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name from history.