Uttar Pradesh Opposition leaders, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, on September 20, attacked the Union Government for linking the women’s reservation Bill with the delimitation exercise and census, demanding that the quota should come into being “immediately”.
“According to this Bill, reservation will not be provided to women for 15-16 years, because firstly a census will be conducted and then delimitation of seats will be done. A census will take a long time, only after which the Bill would be implemented. The Bill is being brought not to give reservations to women, but to lure them before the general elections,” said Ms. Mayawati, in a press conference, urging the Union Government to drop the two provisions of census and delimitation, so women get the benefit of reservation immediately.
