HOME > MARKETS > ECONOMY NEWS
  ECONOMY NEWS
ECONOMY
Congress demands implementation of women's quota law on current LS strength
Apr-20-2026

The Congress has demanded immediate implementation of women's reservation on the existing Lok Sabha (LS) strength, as it staged a protest against the Modi government, accusing it of deliberately delaying women's quota for political reasons. The protest by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee comes days after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 was defeated in the Lok Sabha.

Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh, who participated in the protest, said, ‘When the Bill was passed, we (the Congress) demanded that the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' be implemented from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. That demand was ignored and we were told the date when it would be enforced would be notified later. They kept silent for nearly 30 months. Suddenly, on the night of April 16, the Bill was notified.’

Ramesh alleged that when it became clear that the Bill with provisions for delimitation would not pass due to opposition unity, the government 'rushed to notify the women's reservation law' and is now claiming that the Congress is against women's reservation.

  RELATED NEWS >>