Women’s Reservation: Why any further delay? Congress cornered the government on women’s reservation, demanded PM Modi to call an all-party meeting

News India Live, Digital Desk: Politics has once again heated up in the country regarding the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Act’ passed by the Central Government. The main opposition party Congress has taken a tough stand regarding the delay in the implementation of this law. Congress has demanded from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that an all-party meeting should be called immediately to discuss the roadmap to implement women’s reservation as soon as possible. 3 big reasons behind Congress’s demand: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh and other senior leaders of the party have given solid arguments behind this demand: Why wait for 2029?: The government had earlier said that women’s reservation should be implemented only after census and delimitation. Will happen. Congress argues that postponing it till the 2029 Lok Sabha elections is an injustice to crores of women. OBC quota issue: Congress is constantly demanding that a separate quota be ensured for OBC women within the women’s reservation. The party wants a consensus on this in the all-party meeting. Clarity of census: Census has been pending in the country for a long time. Congress says that unless the timeline of census and delimitation is clear, reservation will remain just a piece of paper. It should not be a matter of credit, but of rights. Congress says that they had supported this bill in the Parliament, but now the government is delaying in clarifying its rules. Rahul Gandhi has also said in many forums that this bill is incomplete without ‘caste census’ and ‘OBC reservation’. By demanding an all-party meeting, Congress wants to put pressure on the government to take strict steps to implement this historic law. What is the government’s stand? According to sources, the government is sticking to its old plan that the seats will be determined only after the census process is completed. However, in view of the increasing pressure from the opposition and the upcoming assembly elections, the government may clarify its strategy on this issue.