Women Reservation Bill: Priyanka Gandhi, said- Congress government gave women the right to vote from the first day after independence, America took 150 years
New Delhi. Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi, during the discussion on the Women’s Reservation Bill, targeted the Center citing India’s democratic history. She reminded that the foundation of equal rights for women was laid in the report prepared by Motilal Nehru in 1928, which was later passed in the Karachi session. Priyanka said that due to this principle of ‘One Vote One Value’, Indian women got the right to vote from the first day of independence whereas it took 150 years for countries like America. Giving credit for women’s participation in Panchayats in the modern era to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, he said that Congress has always tried to bring women into decisive roles.
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Motilal Nehru had prepared a report in the year 1928, which he submitted to the Working Committee of the Congress Party.
Motilal Nehru ji was the chairman of a committee and then he had made a list of 19 fundamental rights.
In 1931, Karachi session was held under the chairmanship of Sardar Patel, in which… pic.twitter.com/n2wo5lpDrR
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 16, 2026
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Political empowerment of women is in the DNA of Congress, which was started by the Nehru family decades ago
During the discussion on Women’s Reservation Bill, Priyanka Gandhi took a jibe at BJP from the pages of history. Taking a jibe at former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru for dragging him in everything, he made it clear that it was Nehru who had laid the foundation for Indian women to get the right to vote from the first day of independence. Not Jawaharlal Nehru but Motilal Nehru had put it in his report of 1928. Priyanka said that because of this ‘one vote one value’ thinking of Congress, India gave equal rights to women even before America. He reminded the BJP that political empowerment of women is in the DNA of the Congress, which was started by the ancestors of the Nehru family decades ago.
During the discussion on ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Bill’ in Parliament, Priyanka Gandhi made a scathing attack on Home Minister Amit Shah. Calling Shah the Chanakya of today’s era, Priyanka taunted that he makes all his plans silently without discussing with the opposition. He alleged that the government has brought this bill without any concrete preparation. Priyanka raised the question that when the intention is clear then why can’t 33% reservation be immediately given to women out of the current 543 seats? He warned that if there is no transparency in the process, then the basic spirit of democracy will be rejected by such decisions.
During the discussion on women’s reservation, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi said, Congress was the first to talk about women’s reservation. He said that a resolution on this was passed in the Karachi session. He said that at that time Rajiv Gandhi had passed this proposal and at that time BJP had opposed it. Priyanka Gandhi said that today Prime Minister Narendra Modi also discussed this but did not tell who had opposed it at that time.
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Unless caste census is conducted, all classes cannot get their fair share.
The Congress MP said that women’s reservation should be implemented by 2029. We agree. To implement this, the number of seats will have to be increased by 50 percent and will be made 850. For this, a Delimitation Commission will be formed, which will work to increase the seats. The smell of politics, which the PM mentioned, is completely mixed in it. The bill that was passed in 2023 had two things which are not there. There was mention of new census and delimitation. What happened now. Changed mind. Why does the government want to move forward on the basis of old data? Why the hurry? Unless caste census is conducted, all classes cannot get their fair share.
Priyanka accused of ignoring OBC
Priyanka Gandhi said, PM said lightly that we will see about this class and that class later. This should not be taken lightly. This is a big number. This is the struggle of the entire class. It was shrugged off by saying it was a technical issue. We are putting their needs forward. We are demanding their rights. The PM called it a technical issue. What are they afraid of? They feel that when the caste census is conducted, they will know how big the OBC category is and no one will be able to deny its rights. PM wants to snatch the rights of OBC class through this bill.
The Congress MP said that this country cannot be run by snatching away the rights of anyone. In this, 50 percent expansion of Parliament has been mentioned. But there is no stipulation in the entire Bill regarding the rule of change. Delimitation was put on hold on the basis of 1971 census. Now efforts are being made to change it completely. There is a complete process in India for this big change, but they do not want to follow this process.
Priyanka Gandhi further said that the strength of her party is being decided by destroying democracy by reducing the power of some states. They have made a complete plan. Suddenly call a meeting during elections in the state, do not hold any all-party meeting. Release the draft of the bill a day in advance. Start a discussion in the media. Such things are being said that poor Modiji is going to take such a big step. By doing this an attempt is made to put the opposition in a dilemma. On one hand, to bring women’s reservation and on the other hand, to gain freedom to attack, freedom to change the entire structure and freedom to remove the rights of OBC class. This is a weak excuse to retain power.
The Congress MP said why doesn’t the government announce 33 percent reservation in the existing 543 seats only. This will get your work done and the black mark (opposition from the opposition) will also be useful. I want to tell the Prime Minister that if he had taken this step honestly, the entire House would have stood with him and supported it. If the Prime Minister respects women then he should not use them politically. We strongly oppose your three bills, but even now you can take such a decision, which will be passed unanimously in the House and our women power will get more representation.
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