Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Budget session of Parliament has been extended for three days so that the law enacted in 2023 for providing 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies can be implemented from 2029.

 

Addressing an election rally at Thiruvalla in Kerala, Mr Modi said the government has extended the Budget session and it will meet again for three days — April 16, 17, and 18. Prime Minister said, the government will ensure a legal stamp that no state, whether it is Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, or Telangana, will see a reduction in Lok Sabha seats. Mr Modi also said that in Kerala, Tamil Nadu or other states that have done well in population control, people are spreading false information that if the population decreases, their seats will also be reduced.

 

 

The Prime Minister said that the NDA government has given 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies through a law in 2023. The prime minister urged all parties that this is an issue related to women’s empowerment, so they should, with an open mind and without any political calculations, fully support it and become partners in winning the trust of the country’s mothers and sisters.

 

Asking people to take this commitment from the opposition parties, Mr Modi also said that this “right of the country’s mothers and sisters” has been pending for 40 years, and it should not be delayed again. The Prime Minister said that, considering the need to increase the number of women representatives, amendments will be made to the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan law’.