Delimitation, not the Women’s bill, defeated; PM Modi is shedding crocodile tears, says Cong's Supriya Shrinate

The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shedding “crocodile tears” over the issue of reservation for women and demanded that the quota be implemented immediately on the current strength of the Lok Sabha.The opposition party also asserted that what was defeated in the Lok Sabha on April 17 was not the women’s reservation bill but delimitation.Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate pointed out that the women’s reservation bill was passed unanimously by Parliament on September 21, 2023, and it is part of the Constitution now. “The women’s reservation bill was not defeated, the delimitation, which you (government) wanted to thrust on the nation, was defeated,” she said at a press conference here. “PM Modi is shedding crocodile tears and hiding behind the women’s reservation bill,” she said.