Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday said the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in Parliament with an ulterior motive and was actually a conspiracy hatched by the BJP government to prevent reservation for women.
“Since the 2024 Lok Sabha election is approaching, the BJP has passed the Bill to deceive women and get their votes. It is my opinion that it was a conspiracy hatched by the BJP to prevent reservation for women in politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have deserved our appreciation if only he had said that the reservation would be implemented in the Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha poll,” he said at the Women’s Rights Conference organised by DMK MP Kanimozhi and the women’s wing of the party to commemorate former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s birth centenary.
By linking the implementation of reservation for women to census and delimitation, the BJP had actually postponed it indefinitely, he said, adding: “It is like a genie saying it would offer a gift if one crossed seven hills and oceans.”
