Women’s reservation bill a ‘jumla’ by way of manner of BJP: Mallikarjun Kharge

New Delhi: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the ladies’s reservation bill as a “jumla” (gimmick) to get votes.

“The BJP has been promising to bypass the ladies’s reservation bill for years, but they have got not finished it but. It is obvious that they’re now not extreme approximately empowering women,” Kharge said.

The ladies’s reservation bill, which seeks to order 33% of seats in Parliament and country legislatures for ladies, has been pending in Parliament for over two a long time. The BJP has hostile the invoice in the beyond, but has recently said that it’s miles devoted to passing it.

However, Kharge said that the BJP’s commitment to the ladies’s reservation bill is “simply lip provider.”

• “The BJP has a majority in Parliament, however they have got not taken any steps to pass the ladies’s reservation bill. It is apparent that they’re not extreme approximately empowering ladies,” he stated.
• Kharge’s comments come beforehand of the imminent meeting elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The Congress has promised to bypass the women’s reservation bill if it entails electricity in either country.
• The women’s reservation invoice has been a protracted-status call for of women’s rights activists. They argue that the invoice will assist to boom the representation of ladies in Parliament and united states of america legislatures, and will supply ladies a voice inside the choice-making gadget.
• The BJP has adverse the ladies’s reservation bill in the past, arguing that it will bring about the reservation of seats primarily based on caste and faith. However, the party has currently said that it’s far devoted to passing the invoice, but has no longer given any precise timeline.
• It remains to be visible whether or not the BJP will genuinely skip the girls’s reservation invoice if it entails electricity in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.