Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised address to the nation on Saturday slammed the Opposition, saying parties like Congress, DMK, TMC, and Samajwadi Party (SP) have committed foeticide by defeating a bill on women’s reservation. The Prime Minister's address came a day after a constitutional amendment to the Women Reservation Act 2023 failed to pass in the Lok Sabha after the government fell short of managing a two-thirds majority, required for the passage of the bill.
The Prime Minister began his address saying that every citizen of India is watching how dreams of our women have been crushed. "For us, the nation’s interest is paramount. But when some place party interest above national interest, then women and the country have to bear the consequences. This is what has happened this time as well. Due to the selfish politics of parties like Congress, DMK, TMC and the Samajwadi Party (SP), the women of the country have suffered."
PM Modi said he seeks forgiveness from all women of the country adding that the fight for empowering India's women has been stalled due to selfish politics of opposition parties.
Continuing his address to the nation, the Prime Minister said, "What happened in Parliament was not just desk thumping, but an attack on the dignity and self respect of women. A woman may forget many things, but she never forgets her insult. The conduct of the Congress and its allies in Parliament will remain in the minds of women across the country. Whenever people see these leaders in their constituencies, they will remember that these are the same individuals who celebrated stopping women’s reservation in Parliament. The women of the country are watching closely and understand their intent."
"India's women saw how parties like Congress, TMC and DMK celebrated their selfish politics against our women power," PM Modi said.
Targeting opposition further, the Prime Minister said that they have committed a sin by opposing women reservation and will be surely punished for this.
Continuing speaking in his address to the nation, the Prime Minister said that the opposition parties have insulted our Constitution by defeating bill for women's reservation in legislatures.
"Yesterday crores of women across the country were watching Parliament. The nation's women were observing closely. It saddened me deeply to see that when this proposal in the interest of women was defeated, parties like Congress, DMK, TMC, and SP, these dynastic parties, were clapping in celebration," he said.
In another statement, the Prime Minister said, "Bill on reservation was aimed to give wings to our women power, without snatching anything from anyone. Congress has always spread falsehoods about necessary reforms, delayed every reform, while it ruled."
Mentioning that every single challenge our country faces today is due to negative approach of Congress party over years, PM Modi said, "Sometimes over numbers, sometimes through other arguments, the Congress and its allies have tried to mislead the country. By doing this, these parties have revealed their true face before the women of India. I personally had hoped that Congress would correct its decades-old mistake and atone for its past actions. But it lost the opportunity to create history and stand in support of women. Congress has already lost its presence in most parts of the country. It survives like a parasite by riding on the backs of regional parties, yet it does not want those regional parties to grow stronger."
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