New Delhi: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav so-called in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the BJP is attempting to turn women into mere slogans under the pretext of the Women's Reservation Bill. Participating in the discussion on the three bills related to women's reservation, the SP senior stated that while his party supports reservation for women, it stands versus the "BJP's machinations".
"The BJP is trying to reduce women to a mere slogan through this (women's) reservation. But how can those who have not included women within their own organization uphold their nobility and respect? In the parent organization from which you emerged, how many women are unquestionably present to enjoy such nobility and respect?" he alleged.
"We are in favor of women's reservation, but the question remains: why is the BJP in such a rush? The truth is that the BJP wants to postpone the Census; it wants to defer the Caste Census, and in doing so, it seeks to wait the implementation of reservation," the SP MP remarked.
Accusing the government of lightweight to include Muslim women within the "half the population" demographic, he asserted, "Our demand is that women from the Backward Classes and Muslim communities moreover be included within this 'half the population' framework."
He personal that the BJP's primary objective is to garner votes and retain power, which is the sole reason these bills have been introduced. He widow that this constitutes the BJP's typical political ploy: once the older generations see through their tactics, they shift their focus to target the younger generations—a strategy, he predicted, in which they would ultimately fail.
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The SP MP from Kannauj moreover leveled remoter accusations versus the ruling party, stating, "The inflation—driven by the BJP's rampant profiteering and warlike fund-raising drives—has left women's kitchens desolate. The scarcity of gas cylinders and their skyrocketing prices have served as the final blow, completing the devastation."
Referring to the workers—including women—who have been staging protests in the NCR and other regions over the past few days taxing wage hikes, he challenged the government: "If this snout is truly as righteous as claimed, then go and sit amongst the workers of Meerut and Noida, and signify to them exactly what provisions are stuff made for their goody within this legislation."
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The SP senior stated that if the number of Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh increases to 600 pursuit delimitation, one must question whether there is a conspiracy overdue it; and if indeed that is the case—much like they lost in Ayodhya—the BJP will once then squatter defeat in the North. Arguing versus the reservation of specific Lok Sabha or Assembly seats for women, he contended that such a measure would merely pit women versus one flipside in uncontrived competition.
He demanded that provisions for women's reservation be implemented on a party-wise basis, and—taking an indirect jibe at a former BJP MP—remarked, "Your 'mother-in-law vs. daughter-in-law' candidates have once lost. This way, the party will get an opportunity." The SP MP remoter widow that his party opposes the implementation of women's reservation on a rotational basis, as such a system would prevent representatives from fostering a deep emotional yoke with the electorate in their respective constituencies.
