The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday condemned the Congress and its allies for blocking the 33 per cent Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, accusing them of betraying women and exposing an “anti-women mindset”.
Addressing a press conference at the state party headquarters here, Women and Child Development Minister Dasanglu Pul strongly criticised opposition parties, including Congress, Samajwadi Party, TMC and DMK, for opposing the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill for women’s reservation.
“By blocking the bill, the opposition has betrayed half the country’s population,” Pul asserted, calling it a ‘moral failure’ that squandered a historic chance to boost women’s role in policymaking and democratic participation.
She accused the opposition of ‘undemocratic’ tactics, consistently obstructing women’s empowerment whenever it arises, using “political excuses and delaying tactics” to deny women their place in Parliament and state assemblies.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Pul quoted him as saying women’s share in policymaking is “not a favour but their natural right.” She warned that those obstructing the bill would face “strong backlash from women voters” in the upcoming elections.
The minister slammed opposition demands for religion-based quotas within the women’s reservation as “unconstitutional” ploy to delay proceedings and divert from empowerment goals.
Delimitation, she stressed, is essential for “one person, one vote, one value,” and its delay hampers women’s quota rollout.
Increased women lawmakers at the Centre and state levels would benefit society, particularly children and daughters, Pul told the gathering. The BJP Arunachal unit reaffirmed its commitment to women’s empowerment, balanced representation, and democratic institutions, vowing to fight “anti-women forces”.
