New Delhi: An exchange between Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi turned into a full-blown political skirmish on Saturday, with Rijiju insisting the Women's Reservation Bill cannot come into force before the 2034 general elections because it hinges on a delimitation exercise tied to post-2026 census data, and Gandhi firing back that the law was passed unanimously three years ago and should be implemented "without any conditions."
Their back-and-forth was triggered after a Rahul Gandhi video that had nothing to do with delimitation on its face. In it, he argued that India's politics should be built around bringing women's voices to the forefront.
