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Women Reservation Bill: A big blow to the government! Women’s reservation bill rejected in Lok Sabha, BJP’s strategy of unity of opposition failed

By Samira Vishwas

 

  • A big blow to the government!
  • The Women’s Reservation Bill was rejected in the Lok Sabha
  • BJP’s strategy failed with the unity of the opposition

Women Reservation Bill News: In the Lok Sabha on Friday With women’s reservation Voting was held on the relevant bill. Before that, the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill were discussed at length; During these debates, the opposition consistently opposed these legal measures. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah urged the opposition to support the bill. However, in the end, this bill related to women’s reservation could not be passed in the Lok Sabha. The government failed to get opposition support for the bill.

How many votes?

On Friday, the Lok Sabha voted on three bills, namely the ‘Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, 2026’. 298 votes were cast in favor of this bill, while 230 votes were cast against it. However, to pass the bill, two-thirds of the total number of Members of Parliament (MPs) present in the House was required. It is important to mention here that the passage of any Constitution Amendment Bill requires a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha.

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Apart from the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, 2026, the government also introduced the ‘Delimitation Bill, 2026’ and the ‘Centre-State Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026’ in the House for discussion and approval. However, due to non-passage of the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, 2026, other subsequent bills could not move forward. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiran Rijiju clarified that due to the failure to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill, two other bills related to it cannot be taken further.

The opposition maintained its stand of constant opposition

The Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill were heavily debated in the Lok Sabha. The opposition had consistently opposed these legal measures. On Friday, responding to the debate on the bill, Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the opposition. He claimed that the ‘INDIA’ alliance was not only opposing the delimitation process, but was mainly opposing the ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’. After Amit Shah’s speech, the Lok Sabha voted on the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill. However, these bills failed to reach the two-thirds majority required for passage.

21 hours of discussion; Participation of 130 MPs

In the 11-year tenure of the Modi government, this is the first time such an incident has occurred when the government has failed to pass a bill in the House. Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while responding to a debate on the matter, accused the opposition that if the opposition withholds its vote, the bill will not be passed; However, if this happens, it will be clear to them who is creating obstacles in the way of progress of women in the country. Who exactly is opposing women’s reservation, the attention of the women of the whole country has been fixed. These amended bills were discussed in the Lok Sabha for 21 hours. A total of 130 MPs participated in the discussion, including 56 women MPs.

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