Cong to face women’s ire for stalling Reservation Bill: Purnima
POONCH, Apr 25: BJP spokesperson and former Deputy Mayor, Purnima Sharma on Saturday launched a blistering and no-holds-barred attack on the Indian National Congress, accusing it of "historic betrayal" of women by repeatedly blocking the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill.
Addressing a press conference in Poonch, Sharma said the nation especially women has seen through what she termed as Congress's "decades-long deception," warning that the party will face a massive political backlash from women across India. "The nation, especially women, will not spare Congress for betraying reservation. Nari Shakti will not forget how their rights were repeatedly sacrificed for political convenience," she said in a sharp tone.
She alleged that whenever the opportunity arose to ensure 33% reservation for women in legislatures, Congress chose "vote-bank politics over women's empowerment," deliberately stalling the Bill under one excuse or another. "For decades, Congress pretended to champion women's rights, but when it came to delivering justice, they failed miserably. Their hypocrisy now stands completely exposed," Sharma asserted.
Taking a direct swipe at the party's leadership, Sharma said that despite having powerful figures like Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Congress could never muster the political will to pass the Bill.
"Their legacy is not empowerment, but denial. They had the numbers, they had the power, yet they chose to betray the women of India," she said.
Sharma further accused Congress of following a consistent pattern of obstruction, stating that even in recent Parliamentary developments, the party once again put political calculations ahead of genuine reform. "Earlier they hid behind coalition compulsions, today they hide behind technicalities. This is not inability, it is deliberate sabotage," she charged.
Highlighting the BJP-led Government's move to pass the women's reservation law in 2023, Sharma termed it a "historic correction of decades of injustice," crediting Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for demonstrating "real intent and decisive leadership." "It is the BJP that has turned promises into policy. While Congress talked, Modi delivered," she said.
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