The Congress on September 20 fielded a high powered line-up — including Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi — to express the party’s support for the proposed constitutional amendment on reservation for women in legislatures, while also making a strong case for a caste census to be done, followed by reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCs/STs) within the quota reserved for women.
They also advocated for the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, 2023, better known as the Women’s Reservation Bill, to be implemented immediately, rather than linking it to a delimitation exercise that cannot be held until after 2026.
