Oppn meet to forge women's quota bill stand on April 15

NEW DELHI: A gathering of absorption parties has been convened connected April 15 to forge a communal basal connected govt's projected amendments to the women's preservation law, with Congress Working Committee (CWC) connected Friday deciding connected a associated strategy for the "special session" of Parliament from April 16-18. The committee struck a strident enactment against the determination to delink Census 2026 and delimitation from the quota measure, and besides accused BJP of trying to sabotage the "caste census" and seeking to power the Tamil Nadu and West Bengal elections by scheduling the Parliament sitting during the canvass run period. It is anticipated that the absorption whitethorn determination amendments to the govt proposal. CWC slammed govt for not sharing its projected ame-ndments with the absorption a week earlier the peculiar sitting.

Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said govt was playing politics. Sachin Pilot is said to person argued that basing the "delimitation" connected Census 2026 would assistance successful carving retired a sub-quota for OBC women. Manish Tewari and Mukul Wasnik are said to person argued that govt could not hole the spot successful LS and assemblies, and past inquire for delimitation. Some argued that Congress supported women's reservation, but the bid of the law process of "census-delimitation-SC/ST/women's quota" should beryllium followed.

Sonia Gandhi is learned to person cautioned that the enactment should not beryllium seen to beryllium opposing it.