‘Misled the country instead of honesty’…. Mamta Banerjee’s sharp attack on PM Modi, cornered the Center regarding women’s reservation and delimitation.
Delhi. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of ‘misleading the country’ in her address. He also defended his party’s stand amid the growing controversy over the issue of women’s reservation and delimitation. “It is extremely unfortunate that the Prime Minister chose to mislead the nation instead of speaking honestly,” the chief minister said in a post on his WhatsApp channel. He expressed his views by strongly opposing the stand of the Central Government.
Emphasizing that Trinamool Congress has always supported women’s representation in politics, she rejected suggestions that her party opposes women’s reservation. “Trinamool Congress has always advocated high political representation of women. We have the highest proportion of elected women representatives in both Parliament and state legislatures,” she said. The Chief Minister said that 37.9 percent of his party’s nominated members in the Lok Sabha and 46 percent of the nominated members in the Rajya Sabha are women, hence the question of opposing women’s reservation does not arise.
However, Ms Banerjee strongly opposed the proposed delimitation process and alleged that the Central government was imposing it for political gains. “We are fundamentally against the delimitation process that the Modi government is carrying forward by using women as shields for its vested political agenda,” she said.
The Chief Minister alleged that the move would amount to changing Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution and warned that it could give more representation to BJP-ruled states at the expense of other states. Calling it an ‘attack on federal democracy’, Ms Banerjee said her party would not remain silent. He also raised questions on the delay in implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill after its passage.
He asked, “If this government was really serious about this noble cause, then why did it wait for almost three years? Why is it being brought in a hurry when there are elections in many states? And why was it linked with delimitation?”
Banerjee also took aim at the Prime Minister’s style of communication and urged him to talk about these issues in Parliament. He said, “Next time you address the nation, muster the courage to do so from the floor of Parliament, where you are scrutinized and held accountable.”
He termed the Prime Minister’s recent comments as ‘hypocrisy’. His comments come amid a major political confrontation over the implementation of women’s reservation and the proposed delimitation process, which has sparked a heated debate between the ruling party and the opposition. The issue has become a major focus with upcoming elections in many states.
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