Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday addressed the Lok Sabha during the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill, highlighting what he described as record participation while criticising the opposition’s position.
Addressing the House, Shah said, “56 women members spoke on the bill. This is a record.”
He further added, “Around 123 members spoke, including 63 women. This is a record.”
Targets Opposition Over Protest
Taking a swipe at opposition parties, Shah said, “I want to make it clear to the people of the country that this protest is not happening in a conventional manner, but it is a protest against women’s reservation.”
Hinting at the Congress, he said the opposition’s resistance was “solely against women’s reservation”.
Government’s Two Key Objectives
Outlining the government’s priorities, Shah said the first objective was to ensure the timely implementation of the constitutional amendment aimed at women’s empowerment.
“The government’s first objective, and for us and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is to implement this constitutional reform for women’s empowerment in a time-bound manner so that the 2029 elections are held with women’s reservation in place,” he said.
He added that the second objective was to uphold the foundational democratic principle of equality.
“The second objective is to implement the principle of ‘one person, one vote, one value’, which the Constituent Assembly had established as the foundation of our democracy, in its true spirit,” Shah said.
