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NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday led the opposition charge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he pinned the blame on them for the defeat of the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha.In a social media post on X, Kharge accused PM Modi of turning an official address into a political speech,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sharpened his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) over the women’s reservation bill, alleging that the party opposed greater political representation for women and worked against the passage of the 33 per cent quota bill.Addressing a rally in Bengal’s Bankura, PM Modi said, “The women of Bengal…
NEW DELHI: : As dust settles on the setback govt suffered in Lok Sabha, where the women’s reservation amendment bill by 2029 with a hike of 50% seats in the House was defeated by opposition, NDA is not exactly licking its wounds and is instead looking at it as an opening to burnish its pro-women…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a fiery attack on opposition for defeating the proposed amendments to “women’s reservation law,” as he accused them of committing “bhrun hatya” (feticide) in Parliament by scuttling his govt’s “honest attempts” for rollout of 33% quota for women by 2029 and increase in the Lok Sabha seats…
KOLKATA: “Don’t lecture me on women’s reservation,” Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that back in 1998 she had raised this issue in Parliament. She said PM Modi’s speeches were “full of lies” and that he was “forced” to address the nation because “their (BJP’s) fall began yesterday”. Banerjee pointed out that over…
COIMBATORE: PM Narendra Modion Saturday said a new chapter is being written in the politics of Tamil Nadu, and people are giving a clear message that “NDA is in and DMK is out”. At a poll rally in Coimbatore, Modi said many Tamil women from ordinary families would have become MPs and MLAs if the…
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has launched a blistering attack on chief minister M K Stalin, accusing him of committing a “historic betrayal” against women by orchestrating the defeat in Lok Sabha of a Constitution Amendment Bill for 33% women’s reservation.In a statement that drew sharp parallels between the chief minister and historical dictators, Anbumani…
NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his women reservation bill address where he accused the TMC, Congress, DMK and its allies of being guilty of “foeticide” by not letting the quota bill pass in the Lok Sabha.“Narendra, the worst form of insulting women is to have used…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the failure of the women’s reservation bill was a setback for women across the country and apologised for not being able to ensure its passage despite efforts by his government.This follows a major setback for the government in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Constitution (131st…
PM Narendra Modi addressing the nation NEW DELHI: In an address to the nation on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the opposition, a day after a bill to implement women’s reservation in legislatures was defeated in the Lok Sabha.Apologising to “all mothers and sisters” in the country, PM Modi said he was “startled” to…
